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    Vaio TZ with Broadcom Crystal HD?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Destroyer8000, Jul 20, 2011.

  1. Destroyer8000

    Destroyer8000 Newbie

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    Hi I have a VGN-TZ11XN.

    I just wonder if someone managed to get a Broadcom Crystal BCM70015
    mini pci-e to work instead of the wifi card?

    [​IMG]

    I'm also interested if it's possible to fit a WWAN card holder like this:

    3G Adapter Board IFX-477 1-873-384-12

    in my VGN-TZ11 even though the board was never there from the beginning.

    I would like to put the WiFi card there instead of the 3G. Will it work, given it uses the pci-e USB interface? I really don't want to have a separate USB wifi plug.

    There seem to have been an Expresscard version of the older BCM70012 but I can't find it anymore.

    Thanks, D
     
    Destroyer8000, Jul 20, 2011
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    Rachel Busy Bee

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  3. Destroyer8000

    Destroyer8000 Newbie

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    Thanks for the link.

    However the thread doesn't really say if they got it working 100%.

    The chance of finding a WiFi pci-e card with USB support is probably easier than getting the Decoder board to work in the "crippled" pci-e WWAN connector.

    Also did not get an answer if the IFX-477 board is possible to retrofit.

    /D
     
    Destroyer8000, Jul 21, 2011
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