Does Asus U30jc have an open mini PCI slot for a Verizon Data Card? I have been surfing for hours trying to find information about this new system...the deal breaker is that I want to install a mini PCI Verizon data card I'm currently using in my Dell M1330. (USB720 Verizon card model). Does Asus U30jc have an open mini PCI slot for a Verizon Data Card? I have been surfing for hours trying to find information about this new system...the deal breaker is that I want to install a... » Read More Does Asus U30jc have an open mini PCI slot for a Verizon Data Card? I have been surfing for hours trying to find information about this new system...the deal breaker is that I want to install a mini PCI Verizon data card I'm currently using in my Dell M1330. (USB720 Verizon card model). « Show Less
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I got an email from their techincal support that this does NOT have an open PCI slot in it. :(
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I have the U30jc and it does not have that port. I went ahead and ordered a USB data card.
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I thought the new ones that come with the 1 GB ram have an easy to access ram "window" on the bottom of the computer case. Is that not right?I've been told the upgrade now is very easy, but would like to confirm that... Just pop the little cover off on the bottom of the case and pop the old card out and snap the new one in. Yes?
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I was wondering the same thing . . . and can you just add a 1GB chip in that additional slot?? We have one arriving today -- so I'll check out the documentation.
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Thank you for contacting us with your question..! Yes, we can provide you some pictures if you send us an electronic mail where we can send it. It's correct, this model coming with PCMCIA card slot installed already. Please, let us know if you have any another question, thanks Mr. Mike Customer Service
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The information in the specs say that this generic card uses the NEC/Renesas uPD720201 chipset. This is a good chipset, but it is surprisingly difficult to find the drivers or info how to install them on the Internet. Most USB 3.0 add-on cards come with a CD that have the drivers/setup files making the driver install simple.You can verify that the generic add-on card you purchased is using the NEC/Renesas uPD720201 chipset by looking at the big chip on the card with a magnifying glass. It should say D720201 on the chip.Note - For users with Windows 8.0 or 8.1 - USB 3.0 is native and the card *should* be "plug and play." Linux distributions with kernel 2.6.31 or later also support USB 3.0. The information in the specs say that this generic card uses the NEC/Renesas uPD720201 chipset. This is a good chipset, but it is surprisingly difficult to find the drivers or info how to install them on the Internet. Most USB 3.0 add-on cards come with a CD that have the drivers/setup files making the driver install simple.You can verify that the generic add-on card you purchased is using the NEC/Renesas uPD720201 chipset by looking at the big chip on the card with a magnifying glass. It should say D720201 on the chip.Note - For users with Windows 8.0 or 8.1 - USB... » Read More The information in the specs say that this generic card uses the NEC/Renesas uPD720201 chipset. This is a good chipset, but it is surprisingly difficult to find the drivers or info how to install them on the Internet. Most USB 3.0 add-on cards come with a CD that have the drivers/setup files making the driver install simple.You can verify that the generic add-on card you purchased is using the NEC/Renesas uPD720201 chipset by looking at the big chip on the card with a magnifying glass. It should say D720201 on the chip.Note - For users with Windows 8.0 or 8.1 - USB 3.0 is native and the card *should* be "plug and play." Linux distributions with kernel 2.6.31 or later also support USB 3.0. « Show Less
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I have my card plugged into a PCI-E 2 slot and it works great. Check the cards pins noting the size and configuration, if the slot on your motherboard is the same size and configuration as the pins on the card, I don't see you having any problem. You will need to power the card with a 5V connector and if you cant use the disk that came with the card to install the drivers you will have to go to Anker's web site to down load the drivers like I did. So far I haven't had any problems with my card and installation was really easy. I hope that answers your question. Good luck and I hope your installation goes as smooth as mine. I have my card plugged into a PCI-E 2 slot and it works great. Check the cards pins noting the size and configuration, if the slot on your motherboard is the same size and configuration as the pins on the card, I don't see you having any problem. You will need to power the card with a 5V connector and if you cant use the disk that came with the card to install the drivers you will have to go to Anker's web site to down load the drivers like I did. So far I haven't had any problems with my card and installation was really easy. I hope that answers your question. Good luck and I hope your... » Read More I have my card plugged into a PCI-E 2 slot and it works great. Check the cards pins noting the size and configuration, if the slot on your motherboard is the same size and configuration as the pins on the card, I don't see you having any problem. You will need to power the card with a 5V connector and if you cant use the disk that came with the card to install the drivers you will have to go to Anker's web site to down load the drivers like I did. So far I haven't had any problems with my card and installation was really easy. I hope that answers your question. Good luck and I hope your installation goes as smooth as mine. « Show Less
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I bought it a week ago. It does not have a SD card reader. It looks like it will have it in the future version because there is a blue print of a SD card in the bezel on top of the usb 3 on the right side of the bezel. It is not a open port or anything but you can feel it if you slide your finger on that spot. looks like the bezel is printed out or fabricated with a SD port in mind but they opt out in this version.
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Is the card propietary or not? In other words, have you pulled it from a machine such as HP or Toshiba? ALL of these manufcturers pay companies such as Intel to slightly tweak the origonal chipset, in effect branding it with their own name. All mfgr. of laptops have a WHITELIST, an odd misnomer in my opinion. It should be called a BLACKLIST, for in effect that's what it is. If I insert this in some laptops, the BIOS will not execute. On my acer 5516 yes,it went in. Acer and Fujitsu are less greedy it seems. Those companies allow a much wider variety of wireless cards.Dell and HP? Forget it.
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You will need a spare PCI-Express slot for the card. Open the case and see if you have one. Or check with Dell for your specific model number.Some factory motherboards have an extra, unused PCI-E slot ... many (most) do not. If not the only option is to change the motherboard too.
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I've had nothing but problems with the PCI-E card. The bluetooth 4.0 is very flakey and causes all my usb devices to not work (bluetooth connects to an internal USB port inorder to function). I've not been successful at keeping a good connection with the WiFi either. That being said, when used in my mini-card slot on a Gigabyte Brix I've had no issues at all. This could be because of my Motherboard/PCI-E or could be the PCI-E card itself, its hard to say as I only have 1 desktop that has full sized PCI-E interface.
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This is a pcie x4 card. Most similar but cheaper alternatives are only pcie x1 cards. That means it has enough bandwidth to support using all of its USB 3.0 ports at their full highest speed all at the same time. With an x1 card you could really only get the maximum speed out of one of its USB 3.0 ports at a time. Of course this card also requires an x4 (or x8 or x16) slot available on your motherboard. If all you have is an x1 slot to use, then that will limit what type of expansion card you can populate it with, so be sure and check first.
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No, it does not have such a slot. It can connect via Wi-Fi or RJ-45 wired (and dial-up, with appropriate external modem; if interested in this, see my review for particulars) but, as far as I know, these are the only means of connection. I presume that a datacard is a peripheral which allows connection via a cell-phone network. (Please correct me if I'm wrong.) As of this time, this Asus model does not offer that capability but I would not be surprised to see it incorporated in the very near future. This particular netbook computer DOES have built-in BlueTooth capability (unusual in this class I understand) but I do not know if one could connect to the internet using that. My cell-phone is a pre-paid one as I rarely need or want to use such a device so I am unfamiliar with the capabilities of connection to the internet via cell-phones' BlueTooth transmissions. Perhaps someone else reading this, someone more familiar with this, can comment. As far as "stupid questions" go, I learned a long time ago that the only "stupid question" is the one that's not asked! (Your question is not stupid at all!)
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Hello...I am looking at the box my Buffalo USB 3.0 adapter came in, and it states: "INCLUDES LOW PROFILE BRACKET"..."FITS MOST PCI EXPRESS SLOTS"..."LOW PROFILE READY"....I hope this helps.
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I purchased this card just to test my new Kingston USB3 thumb drives on a Dell D830 Express (smaller 34mm PCMCIA card slot, and required an adapter to hold it in correctly). Loaded under Win7 and Win8. It functions, once you get the drivers loaded.. but certainly not at 5gb/s. I get just slightly better than USB2 file copies. For my setup using a USB2 thumb drive, I can get 27-30mb/s, and with a USB3 thumb drive I might get 35/40 mb/s. To get 5GB/s you would need (I believe)a USB3 Super Speed flash drive and an express card bus faster than the one in this Dell D830. The one in my Dell D830 I believe... is 16 bit and PCMCIA version 1.0. PCMCIA and express does come in 32 bit flavored slots and up to version 2.0. These might do USB3 super speed, but check the PCMCIA wiki. PCMCIA is dead pretty much after about 2009, i.e. no newer laptops are using it. Which is a shame... IMHO.. and YMMV Drivers for this card and other USB3 Express cards are well.. difficult to be certain of and can be OS dependent. If you know the chip vendor, i.e. like Renesas, then you will typically be better off loading any USB3 card. In my experience anyway. Again.. YMMV
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It is not according to crucials website. The msata/PCI express slot is prepopulated with the WiFi card.
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Not that I'm aware of. I searched for one because I needed 3 cards for a project, but most mobos don't have 3 pcie slots.
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It is NOT a low-profile card. It ended up that we could not use it. It must go into a Mid-tower PC but beware because some mid-towers (speaking about Dell) have the power supply intruding on the space needed for this full-size card.