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    Mini PCIe Sound card?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by stege, May 27, 2009.

  1. stege

    stege Notebook Consultant

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    Ive noticed my Acer 6930Z has one available mini PCIe slot and I would like to put in a good sound card. Is anything on the market I could buy? Cannot find anything at Creative / M-Audio etc... Maybe eBay?

    Thanks!
     
    stege, May 27, 2009
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    there's no such a thing as a mini pcie sound card for obvious reasons, where would you connect i/o audio if it's an internal card? it doesn't make any sense.
    All available solutions are external, either using usb or expresscard or pcmia.
     
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    Becuase mini-PCIE only have in laptop, so i think no manufacture will produce these stuff.
     
    trieudoahong, May 28, 2009
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    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    most of the miniPCIe cards you see are using the USB component of the interface. The actual PCIe portion of the socket goes unused.

    There are loads of external USB sound dongles, some of which are actually pretty durn good. But an internal card, haven't seen one.
     
    newsposter, May 28, 2009
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