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R4BE : Oh... Found a Mini-PCIe form-factor slot.

UltraNEO_
Level 11
Happy New Year everyone!!

Well messing around with this faulty board of mine, I discovered the WIFI-GO adapter actually sits in a slot and completely removable. Does this mean users can exchange the card for one with better performance at a later date?

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Also, out of curiosity - not that I'm about to try it - but how is this mini-slot wired, electrically?
I mean, it uses the same form-factor as found on other Mini-cards and MSATA SSD's. So could one in theory replace it with some form of storage device, or some other communication device, if he/she isn't using the WIFI component of the board?
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Seraphim85
Level 7
Very curious about this as well. Is that an MSATA slot or just a pci x1 ?

NEOAethyr
Level 7
That's cool, do you have to de-solder it to remove it?
I'm getting a new wireless adapter next month because asus used a crappy custom broadcom chip for there wireless (useless).

I wonder if they make mini-pcie ethernet cards, this board should of 2 to being with...

NEOAethyr wrote:

I wonder if they make mini-pcie ethernet cards, this board should of 2 to being with...


Looks like someone does.. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100010064%20600420504

Seraphim85
Level 7
Looks like we're dealing with PCI-E. Though it looks like the product isn't available by the manufacturer any longer.

http://www.embeddedworks.net/wlan507.html