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    Acer 5750G Mini PCIE

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by deMangler, Feb 13, 2012.

  1. deMangler

    deMangler Newbie

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    Hi,
    I have searched all over for information about this and found nothing authorative, so please be patient if it seems an obvious question.

    My Acer Aspire 5750G appears to have a full size spare Mini PCIE slot.
    I know that sometimes these things are not full featured or just placeholders.
    My question is, does anyone know if this is a functioning slot. For example would
    I be able to put an SSD in there.

    Thanks in advance.
     
    deMangler, Feb 13, 2012
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  2. deMangler

    deMangler Newbie

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    Wow, A week, 181 Views, and no reply one way or the other.
    I thought this would be one of those things people would be like, yes, or no.

    I will look into this some more, and if I find out anything I will post it here, but to be honest so far I have found nothing.
    I am quite surprised that information about this seems to not exist.

    *back to google*
     
    deMangler, Feb 20, 2012
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    Assuming you can put an SSD there- I doubt you can boot from it (check BIOS settings) so you wouldn't be able to boot from it which may make it a bit pointless.
    As for your question- I can't give you a definite answer so I'm not giving you any- it's better not to get another NBR user in trouble ;)
     
    downloads, Feb 20, 2012
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  4. deMangler

    deMangler Newbie

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    You are right - I have the latest bios and it does not look like it has a useful boot option for that kind of hardware.
    However, I run Linux on it, so I could boot a kernel from USB (or the HDD) into an init ramdisk and then run the OS from a mounted root on the SSD. For Windows I am not that bothered about performance as the 5750G has more than enough wellie for anything I might use it for, I have a 7200 WD Scorpio Black in there and that is easily fast enough.
    However, some of the stuff I do In Linux would really benefit from having two fast physical drives running.
    I guess I am just hoping that a PCIE SSD is a possibility and it looks like there is a slot.

    Thanks for the input.
    :)
    dM
     
    deMangler, Feb 20, 2012
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