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    mini pcie to usb drive bootable?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by Zenobia K'eal, Sep 19, 2013.

  1. Zenobia K'eal

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    Zenobia K'eal, Sep 19, 2013
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    Pretty sure none of mpcie slots on alienwares are bootable.
     
    vs3074, Sep 19, 2013
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    my hope is that because it is a USB slot on it. it will become bootable but im wondering if anyone knows for sure.
     
    Zenobia K'eal, Sep 19, 2013
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    Afair, all alienwares till today, power goes to mpcie slots after the post, so there is no way to boot from them. Would love to be proven wrong though :)

    Worse comes to worse, you can sacrifice 1 USB slot, by soldering it inside and running and USB pen drive off it.
     
    vs3074, Sep 22, 2013
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    This is right, it can't be done. But soldering the USB inside could work just well as suggested by vs3074. Just not worth it :p
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Sep 24, 2013
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    what im going to be trying here in the near future is using the media card slot for an OS. for s and giggles see if it works., my guess is no.
     
    Zenobia K'eal, Sep 25, 2013
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