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    Slot near wifi card?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by niai, Jan 4, 2012.

  1. niai

    niai Notebook Enthusiast

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    whats the slot near the wifi card to the right a bit and closer to the speaker?

    whats it called? and whats it used for? i cant find any information about it online.

    the main reason i am asking is i am looking to get something like a mini-PCIe SSD for my OS.
     
    niai, Jan 4, 2012
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    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    No it isn't for that. It is for the WirelessHD card. I'm unsure whether a mini-PCIe card will go in there.
     
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    niai Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks for that.
    do you know the name of the slot or is it just a Wireless HD slot?
     
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    flingin M17x R2 Mafia

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    flingin M17x R2 Mafia

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    this is for R3 :) i thought he have R2 :p
     
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    Ah hehe well common mistake, hope there was no confusion!
     
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    ok may as well try a wifi card in it to morrow if i get time

    dont know if to go for a 64gb mini-PCIe SSD or to get a 120gb SATA SSD and move one HDD to the optical drive bay
    any one have any input on that?

    will get back to this thread when i know if it is a PCIe slot to.
     
    niai, Jan 4, 2012
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    Wait hang on, do you own a M17x R3 or R2? Plus I thought both laptops had 2 HDD bays anyways.
     
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    i own a M17Xr3, it dose have 2 HDD bays, but this is my main PC and i have a lot of things i need at hand on it. what i have atm is 750GB for steam and OS then 1TB for every thing else.

    i want a SSD to improve OS performance that's all, and that's why i would like to go the 64GB mini-PCIe route as i am happy with the storage as is.

    but i am also considering getting a 120GB SSD putting it in bay 1, as i have herd bay 0 doesn't seem to work well with SSDs, and putting the 1TB drive in the optical drive bay as i dont really use it that much anyway and will cope fine using it externally.

    best solution would be a 256 or 500 GB SSD and keep the optical drive but i dont have that money to spare and cant justify spending 400 euro on a SSD.
     
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    just put a spare mini-PCIe card in the slot and it fit had to tape it down as there was no screw hole

    boot in to windows and it installed the drivers without prompt i cant seem to use it though, but this may be because i have another card in and there is no antenna hooked up to the new one.

    so it looks like it is a mini-PCIe slot
    thanks for the help guys and is there a way to change the title to say solved?
     
    niai, Jan 6, 2012
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