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    What is this slot exactly?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by SantaClaws, Aug 2, 2012.

  1. SantaClaws

    SantaClaws Newbie

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    On the picture below I have highlighted an area on my Clevo 170em motherboard. I was guessing it was a mini PCI, so I tried installing an old intel turbo memory 1Gb card I had from an old laptop. But it doesn't show up in the device manager. I know it's not a slot for wireless.
    I was thinking that maybe the bios doesn't support the card or something idk, can you guys clear things up for me?

    -thanks, the newb.
     

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    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    What year is your MB? What platform (Arrandale/SNB/IB) are you running? What BIOS version are you on? What cpu do you have? How much memory is installed?

    More details would help us help you.

    Intel Turbo Memory is a very old (useless) technology that was supported by only a very few systems and even fewer systems shipped with it. I would be inclined to drop investigating this path - even if you got ITM working - it will be a waste of time in the end (with a slower/buggier system as a reward too).

    Good luck.
     
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