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    Bigfoot card?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by acerguy123, Sep 11, 2011.

  1. acerguy123

    acerguy123 Notebook Consultant

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    is it possible to upgrade my ultimate wireless N card to the Bigfoot wireless card in my m17x-R2?
     
    acerguy123, Sep 11, 2011
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    Yes it is possible, what wireless card do you have currently?
     
    mp5cartman, Sep 11, 2011
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    Yup... ;) see Sig
     
    DR650SE, Sep 11, 2011
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    at the time when i built my m17x r2 the highest they offered was the ultimate n 6300 wireless card
     
    acerguy123, Sep 11, 2011
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    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Same goes for all of us with the R2
     
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    hey dr60se what was the outcome of sending your r2 off to the depot im just curious cuz thats where mine is at the moment for the morse code like sound everyone is having
     
    acerguy123, Sep 11, 2011
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    Totally worth in my opinion..For the longest time I wasnt able to browse when i had torrents running at full speed. I always had to throttle it manually at a fixed setting. In Bigfoot's case it does this work of balancing out the bandwidth based on whats being accessed and prioritized. I REALLY LOVE IT.
     
    vads24, Sep 12, 2011
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    Here is a link to where I mentioned how my R2 came back. ;)
     
    DR650SE, Sep 12, 2011
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    Hey guys :) i just saw the post DR650SE and thanks,OK so i looked up the bigfoot card and the card i have in my R2 and one looks longer than the other? inless im looking at the wrong cards cuz the bigfoot looks really short and the 6300 looks really long but like i said i could be looking at the wrong cards not sure.does anyone have any pics of a bigfoot card in a r2 by chance and thanks
     
    acerguy123, Sep 13, 2011
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    Is it possible for the R3? I currently have the Dell 1501?
     
    Joe85, Sep 13, 2011
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    it's definitely possible on an r3... you can order them that way from dell
     
    DarthPierce, Sep 13, 2011
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