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    L502x WWAN-card slot

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ximinez, Apr 18, 2012.

  1. ximinez

    ximinez Notebook Consultant

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    What kind of slot is the WWAN card slot? Is it MiniPCIe?
    If that is the case, has anyone tried using an mSATA SSD in the slot?
     
    ximinez, Apr 18, 2012
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    1. Yes
    2. Yes, without success. XPS 15 SATA controller is not linked to the mini pci-e slots.
     
    cri-cri, Apr 18, 2012
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  3. ximinez

    ximinez Notebook Consultant

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    Bugger.
    Has anyone tried miniPCIe SSDs?
     
    ximinez, Apr 18, 2012
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    Slightly OT: I have a 5540 WWAN card (rated at 7.2Mbps). I want to upgrade to a 5550 (rated at 21Mbps according to Ericsson, but 8Mbps(???) according to Dell). Has anyone tried this? Any insights?

    Thanks!
     
    pjcronje, Apr 19, 2012
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    They too require a SATA controlller on the mPCIe slot pins. Only the SuperTalent CoreStore MV has it's own sata controller on the mPCIe card. Means it can be used as a data drive but not boot drive.

    If you want a mSATA SSD in your system then consider routing the e-SATA port internally. You'd need 6 wires to do it: SATA TX+/TX-/RX+/TX-, GND and 3.3V.

    We need someone to start a mSATA retrofit thread showing how to do it as it's been commonly requested recently.
     
    User Retired 2, Apr 19, 2012
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  6. ximinez

    ximinez Notebook Consultant

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    I can boot fine off my Corsair SSD, so I'm OK with using it as a data drive.

    My L502x is only a few days old, so I'm not going to start soldering quite yet. But it's possible to retrofit? I'll note that for when the warranty has run out :rolleyes:
     
    ximinez, Apr 19, 2012
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    Slightly OT:
    Any of you, could give a dell part number of wwan antenna for L502x?
    I'm trying to do small upgrade, but have no wire for wwan card... :(
     
    cezar2701, Apr 22, 2012
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    Ehhh……you meant you met a problem when you put the system on the SSD? Or it works well just like a harddisk?
     
    SweetDreams, Nov 27, 2012
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    I haven't tried adding a SSD in the WWAN slot. I've got a 240GB Corsair regular SSD.
     
    ximinez, Nov 28, 2012
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    Removed the HDD？
     
    SweetDreams, Nov 30, 2012
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    ximinez Notebook Consultant

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    Replaced the HDD with a SSD.
     
    ximinez, Nov 30, 2012
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