M6300 PCI WWAN & WLAN

[Ahnjoan Amous]

I recently read a document from Dell
(http://supportapj.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/latd630/en/SM_EN/minicard.htm)
that mentions a single slot in the D630 that you can put either a FCM
or WWAN card in to.  I understand that no WWAN antenna wiring harness
is part of the M6300, but I don't understand why a WWAN card wouldn't
be usable in the "FCM" slot of the M6300.  Is this a BIOS limitation,
or am I just missing something basic.

Thanks
Ahnjoan

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:11 PM,  <Rezwanul_Kabir at dell.com> wrote:
> There is no WWAN mini PCI card slot in M6300. You might try external
>  WWAN Expresscards.
>  Thanks..
>    --rez
>
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>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: linux-precision-bounces at dell.com
>  > [mailto:linux-precision-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Ahnjoan Amous
>  > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 2:16 AM
>  > To: linux-precision-Lists
>  > Subject: M6300 PCI WWAN & WLAN
>  >
>  > Does anyone have an internal WWAN and internal WLAN card in
>  > their M6300?  I ASSumed that this was possible based on my
>  > cursory review of the machines options when I purchased mine.
>  >  I didn't choose the WWAN card when I ordered mine, but
>  > assumed all I would need to do is purchase the card down the
>  > road when I wanted it.
>  >
>  > I foolishly purchased an internal WWAN card (paid a friend
>  > the difference for the card when he got his new D630) without
>  > checking if my new M6300 had any extra internal PCI slots.
>  > After the card arrived I found that the machine doesn't look
>  > like it has the room for an internal WWAN card, and no
>  > antenna wiring harness is hanging around loose in the
>  > machine, and the config page only has an option for an
>  > external WWAN card.  I have the iwl4965 card in the only PCI
>  > slot in the machine(at least from what I can tell).  There is
>  > (under the
>  > keyboard) a slot that looks to be the same size as the
>  > iwl4965 and the WWAN card but its labeled (FCM).
>  >
>  > When I put the WLAN or WWAN card in the FCM slot neither show
>  > up using lspci, and when I put the WWAN card in the regular
>  > PCI slot it doesn't show up under lspci.
>  >
>  > Is it possible to use the FCM slot as a normal PCI slot so
>  > that I could start figuring out how to build an antenna to
>  > route around the monitor?
>  >
>  > FYI - I have tried the USB type Verizon WWAN cards previously
>  > and in my opinion get much much better performance with the
>  > internal cards.
>  > I assume this is because the antenna is much larger when
>  > built in to the screen.
>  >
>  > Thanks for any suggestions.
>  > Ahnjoan
>  >
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