 HawkPremium
join:2003-08-25
La Quinta, CA | Need help identifying this slot Hey guys. I just upgraded the RAM in my Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit OS Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 430 @ 2.27GHz HPDV7318CL Laptop from 4 to 8 gig. The memory modules were located next to the primary drive in bay 1 right where the manual advised. I figured opening the other drive bay to look wouldn’t hurt anything and perhaps be informing should I wish to continue with additional upgrades.
What I need some help with is identifying what’s in the second drive bay. The attached picture shows a second drive slot on the right (would probably need a hardware adaptor kit), cabling etc. The smaller, almost square bay on the left is the one I can’t ID. I’m really hoping it’s a video card slot but this machine has NVIDIA GeForce G105M integrated card so I don’t think that’s what it’s for  I have scoured the manual with no success. Any ideas what this might be for? Thanks for the help and suggestions.
Dan
MODS - Please move where appropriate. Thanks - My apologies for the picture quality. |
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 freezeI'm not even GreekPremium
join:2001-05-13
Ohio
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| Two things pop to mind:
(1) »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Turbo_Memory
(2) »www.google.com/search?&ie=UTF-8&q=mini+PCI-E |
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HawkPremium
join:2003-08-25
La Quinta, CA | Thanks Freeze! The memory suggestion sounds intriguing. I have accessory acquisition syndrome, so I'm off to the local computer store. |
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freezeI'm not even GreekPremium
join:2001-05-13
Ohio Reviews:
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| said by Hawk:Thanks Freeze! The memory suggestion sounds intriguing. I have accessory acquisition syndrome, so I'm off to the local computer store.
The Turbo Memory has been hit or miss for many people. Official reviews were mixed.
(a) I am not even sure that's what the slot is for.. just throwing it out there
(b) I had a slot for Turbo Memory in my PC. Tried it for a while, but I found things were more stable without the Turbo Memory installed.
To my knowledge, they don't offer Turbo Memory in the latest generation of intel processors... |
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 C0deZer0Oc'D To Rhythm And PolicePremium
join:2001-10-03
Davenport, FL | Intel Turbo memory was a good idea, on paper. But I think intel was expecting Microsoft to basically write the spec on how to use it, which was a critical failure on their part. It was simply meant to be a stop-gap to the laughably bad performance of mechanical hard drives and improving performance and (indirectly) battery life on notebooks and netbooks in particular. Basically, minimizing disk access for performance and power consumption. Hybrid Hard disks were seen as the next logical step, but then we started seeing SSD's show up in the market which basically eclipsed even the best-case scenario for what this thing was able to do out there.
That, and much like the upgradeable module systems (MXM for NVIDIA, Axiom for ATi), while their principles were sound, nobody actually manufacturing laptops ever actually bothered to use either standard. 
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 Tursiops_GTechnoidPremium,MVM
join:2002-02-06
Norwalk, CT | reply to Hawk
My vote is Mini-PCIe, Most likely for a 3G/WiFi card (as freeze  's 2nd link shows)... Look for a connector pad or wiring for an internal antenna installation.
-Tursiops_G.
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