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    Booting off of built-in SDXC reader?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Synomenon, Aug 16, 2015.

  1. Synomenon

    Synomenon Notebook Guru

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    Can the MSI gaming laptops boot off of their built-in SDXC readers?

    One of the things I hated about my Alienware was that it couldn't do this.
     
    Synomenon, Aug 16, 2015
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    No as they are PCI-E connected I believe. More of a technical limitation.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 16, 2015
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    Bummer. Same "problem" the Alienware 17R2 has.
     
    Synomenon, Aug 16, 2015
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