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From: njem on 15 Mar 2010 18:57 My WiFi card is dying on my dell inspiron laptop. It's a mini PCIe internal card. I see PCIe solid state drives in the same format, and I assume (?) that the slot is kind of like a slot in a desktop, a generic slot for whatever. So could I put one of these drives in that slot and use a USB stick for my wifi? Anybody know? Thanks
From: njem on 16 Mar 2010 12:06
Found an answer to my own question. These Solid State Disks that are advertised as being PCIe Mini cards really aren't. They are in that size and format and use that kind of connector but they're not made for plugging into a PCIe connector. They are for certain laptops that have a PATA or SATA port that uses a PCIe style conector. It makes it confusing that they call these PCIe mini cards when they really aren't. |