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    possible to retrofit wwan card l502?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by blingers, Mar 29, 2011.

  1. blingers

    blingers Notebook Consultant

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    my xps 15 has the tv tuner but i found a sim card port in the battery slot and the two extra antenna cables (white stripe gray, black stripe gray) so i if i swap the tv tuner card with a wwan card then i could get that feature?
     
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    Would be interesting to try! It seems like you have the antennae, which is good. Just wondering what the SIM card is read by - it's not by the wwan card I guess, as that's not in the back of fhe battery compartment when it's installed.
     
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    note there is a third grey antenna cable for 6300 wifi i guess?
     
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    other owners have the same thing?
     
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    Yep, my WWAN card is connected to grey+white (main) and grey+black (aux). I have a not connected solid grey. So looks like i'm missing the black for a TV card, unless you only have 1 on the WLAN card?
     
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    Maybe there is something of wrong, your Wi-fi card is connected only with white cable?
     
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    Mine? Or Blingers'? Mine is connected with 2. Cant see the connectors for 2 on Blingers' picture but there are 2 leads heading that way. The black one is under the insulating boot on the white one, maybe?
     
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    Trade you a WWAN card for your tuner :p
     
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    I was referring to the BLingers' image.
    I think that 6230 Wi-Fi card must be connected to two cable.
     
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    yep the 2nd wifi wire is connected but hidden under the other other cables. i want to keep the tuner but its nice to know that wwan could work. but its not confirmed that its possible.
     
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    As long as you have the antennas, it should work. There shouldn't be anything with the computer to stop it from working. I've even used a SD card reader in the wwan slot.
     
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    so what is the wwan card model? is it an ericsson 5540? i might give it a go. would any sim card on a regular phone plan and 3G work for this?

    Cheers
     
    blingers, Apr 15, 2011
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    ok these are the options on the US site for the l502x. i wonder if both have gps function.

    Dell Wireless 5540 HSPA mobile broadband mini card
    Dell Wireless 5620 EVDO-HSPA mobile broadband* mini card
     
    blingers, Apr 18, 2011
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    Do you think that mine have a extra cable and antena? I have only wireless 1000 card, no tuner and no WWAN card
     
    barthdvs, Apr 19, 2011
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    Below, the photo of my XPS 15 R2, there is no additional cables....
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    i think you can use the aux antenna cable from the wifi card as the wwan antenna. or buy an antenna on ebay and hide it in the base of the xps
     
    blingers, Apr 19, 2011
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