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    Laptop won't boot with mini-pci card installed.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by liquid.ice0, Sep 28, 2007.

  1. liquid.ice0

    liquid.ice0 Notebook Geek

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    I got an off lease (refurb) Dell Latitude x300 yesterday, and in the description, it noted that it didn't include an internal wireless card. So, I picked up a compatible mini-pci card to throw in it when it arrived. Problem is... when I connect the pci card, the laptop won't boot. Take it out and it's fine, put in in and it wont. I even booted it up with it out, and snapped it in while it was running, and it almost immediately shut down.

    I've never seen or heard of this problem before, but the fact that it came without internal wireless is very suspicious now. Any thoughts? is it the wireless card? Is it the laptop? Is it something else? Any help is appreciated.
     
    liquid.ice0, Sep 28, 2007
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  2. Lite

    Lite Notebook Deity

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    Some sort of shourt cicruit in the pci card perhaps???
     
    Lite, Sep 28, 2007
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    Please, we stress that you not Post 2 Treads on the same topic!
     
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    Thomas, Sep 28, 2007
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