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    Mini PCIe cards

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Darth Bane, Apr 19, 2009.

  1. Darth Bane

    Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith

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    Darth Bane, Apr 19, 2009
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  2. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    I've heard that you cannot booth from mini pcie ssd has the bios doesn't have that option. Basically it's there but the bios don't know what it is and thus cannot boot from it.
     
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  3. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    you may be able to. the unit may see it as another drive, thus you can put the OS on the card and boot from it. al depends on BIOS.
     
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  4. Darth Bane

    Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith

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    i don't intend on using it as a boot drive, just for storage
     
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  5. Persnickety

    Persnickety Notebook Evangelist

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    I was wondering why anyone would use this as a boot disk - given the r/w performance. If it works, it'll be neat. Especially at that price. I'm contemplating something like that meself.
     
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  6. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    then it should suffice as a storage device. your unit may read it as a removable drive, but not 100% on this.
     
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  7. Darth Bane

    Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith

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    I recall reading that only hp-certified wireless cards could be installed in hp laptops. Do you think the same applies to the empty pcie slot?
     
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    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    No, only wireless cards are restricted. HP claims that the FCC made them do it even though no other OEMs have BIOS whitelists.
     
    brianstretch, Apr 19, 2009
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  9. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    doubtful. but one never knows with companies nowadays.
    i think you will be ok.
     
    ryujin, Apr 19, 2009
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