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    Missing Hardware - W566N

    Discussion in 'Gigabyte and Aorus' started by Solo3, Aug 25, 2014.

  1. Solo3

    Solo3 Newbie

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    Hi guys,

    I recently received a Gigabyte W566N laptop
    the laptop is NOT working, so I opened it and I saw that it had 2 hardware units removed
    I have no idea what exactly is supposed to be there, and I searched all over the net - got nothing.

    I have a picture of the laptop, and the empty slots :
    Click here to see the picture

    I used red& green arrows to show what's missing.
    If you know what is missing, please help.

    Thanks you,
     
    Solo3, Aug 25, 2014
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  2. Marksman30k

    Marksman30k Notebook Deity

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    Your laptop far predates mSATA so I'm very sure number 1 is an auxilliary PCIe slot for extra Wifi/bluetooth/WAN modules. I have no idea what number 2 is pointing at, photos of a fully functional Gigabyte W566N are rare so i can't compare.
    As for the non-functionality, under what circumstances did you purchase your machine? The onboard 8400M GS was known to have severe thermal issues whereby the solder of the BGA actually cracked and caused the GPU to become non-functional. There was a massive recall and even a class action lawsuit. If your machine is 2nd hand, it is very likely it died of this cause before it was sold.
    NVIDIA denies rumors of faulty chips, mass GPU failures | Ars Technica
    Lawsuit claims Nvidia hid serious flaw in graphics chips | Security Central - InfoWorld
     
    Marksman30k, Aug 25, 2014
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  3. sangemaru

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    Second slot looks like a bluetooth connector (looks identical in size and shape to what was on my previous m6600.
    Neither of those slots missing should be responsible for your malfunction. I would tend to agree with Marksman30k's opinon.
     
    sangemaru, Aug 25, 2014
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