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    1520, Extra built in antennas for cards

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bradam2001, Sep 23, 2007.

  1. bradam2001

    bradam2001 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I got my laptop last week.
    I opened the pci mini card slot door.
    Their are 4 extra antenna wires, I think the Grey/ White, Black/ White are for the WWAN card.
    What are the Blue and Grey wires for ?
    They look like they go to the WPAN slot.
    What is the WPAN slot for ?

    Thanks for the help
     
    bradam2001, Sep 23, 2007
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    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    you can have a wifi card and one of those wireless cards say for sprint, verizon, cingular etc. for mobile broadband
     
    nizzy1115, Sep 23, 2007
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    The 1520 has 3 slots
     
    bradam2001, Sep 23, 2007
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    WPAN = wireless personal area network

    maybe for future expansion of Wireless USB (WUSB) or a mini pci-e bluetooth (which would explain the reason for two extra wires other than WWAN).

    also, if you ordered WWAN and WLAN, the third slot could be for Intel Turbo Cache

    (do not put the turbo cache card in the WLAN slot, it may cause damage (from manual))
     
    lambchops468, Sep 23, 2007
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  5. bradam2001

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    What does the turbo cache do ?
     
    bradam2001, Sep 23, 2007
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    lambchops468 Notebook Evangelist

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Turbo_Memory

    IMHO, useless, hard to set up and keep running, and a waste of a slot.

    wireless usb is not widespread yet, in fact i think there is only once consumer device using it so far. Wait maybe 3 months, it'll be all the rage.

    just a small question: do u have wireless-n?
     
    lambchops468, Sep 23, 2007
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    I searched it and found it,
    Thanks again
     
    bradam2001, Sep 23, 2007
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    Turbo Cache is a joke. What they need to do is to make a dedicated solid state, low latency chips for the OS. I want 10 second boot times damnit!
     
    Intelman, Sep 23, 2007
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    :D...go get linux for bios.

    1 second boot.
     
    lambchops468, Sep 23, 2007
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    I looked and can't find where you can buy it.
    Nice Idea
     
    bradam2001, Sep 23, 2007
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    you can get a 1gb intel turbo card for 28 bucks on amazon with free shipping. its really the only site i know of besides one retailer on ebay selling them overpriced.
     
    nizzy1115, Sep 23, 2007
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