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    Dell E1705/9400 Mini PCIe Card Slots

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by orbisvicis, Mar 5, 2014.

  1. orbisvicis

    orbisvicis Notebook Enthusiast

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    I rather not disassemble this laptop if I don't have to. Anyone know how many mini pci express card slots this model has? There is one for the WiFi card. Any others?

    Thanks,
     
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    It has 1 mini PCI-E slot for WLAN card. You can Google the raw motherboard pictures.
     
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    orbisvicis Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks, that was a good idea. One more thing, do you know what connector is used: topmost, leftmost (near the sata connector), just south of the screw hole? It connects to the ExpressCard bay.

    In this image:
    http://www.laptopaid.com/media/cata...8eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/u/3/u33095-0.jpg

    For reference, the ExpressCard bay cable covers the connector:
    http://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/_migrated/pics/22_02.jpg

    Thanks,
     
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    I mean, the connector you labelled "expresscard connector", does it have a name or is it a non-standard connector?
     
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    Uhh I don't think it has a specific name, it's just where the EC piece plugs into. Probably some proprietary connector.
     
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    Ok thanks. Had it been a standard connector there might have existed an adaptor to mini-PCI-e, since EC connects directly to the PCI-e bus.

    Edit: I'd mark it as solved if I could figure out how...
     
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