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    About the full high WWAN card slot

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by xvblack, Mar 26, 2011.

  1. xvblack

    xvblack Notebook Enthusiast

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    as the wifi card slot in l502x is half high,whether the wwan slot can be used for something like wifi card,or DIY vidock??and can someone give a snapshot of the pci in the AIDA64?thanks
     
    xvblack, Mar 26, 2011
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    Fluffybug Notebook Enthusiast

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    Don't see why not.

    I have put the wifi half minicard in the WWAN slot (on an XPS 1645) before, and it worked without any problems.

    It's just another PCI-E minicard slot, so anything with a compatible form factor should work just fine. ;p

    cheers,
    dave
     
    Fluffybug, Mar 26, 2011
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    xvblack Notebook Enthusiast

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    but for some laptop, the wwan mpcie slot has been modified which only specified device can use it
     
    xvblack, Mar 26, 2011
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