messiah

apologies for the rubbish pic but I took the wrong cover when installing new RAM and found this socket - I'm just wondering if its a possible upgrade I can do. Socket is the same size as an SODIMM and there's also a little wire with a connector on the end that doesnt show up too well.

thanks in advance.

JackClark

Can't remember the name of the socket, mini pci perhaps?? I added a wireless card to my Dell in there.

jpor

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Looks like the RAM upgrade socket for the Graphics card. Had one on my old Dell Laptop.

messiah

Wireless would be good - might be able to ditch the USB one that has 10ft of cable on it. The socket is right underneath the IR port.

RAM for graphics was also a guess of mine because of the size but there's a solid bank of pins and no "notch" like the SODIMM that I installed had.

jpor

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The graphics Ram is double the size of a SODIMM. Basically you have to buy the RAM card from the manufacturer of the graphics card, the card then gets inserted at a 45 degree angle then you pus ht ecard down so that the 2 arms on each side clip it into place. Just to confirm what model is your Dell Laptop?

messiah

Inspiron 8200 - sorry, I should have said in the original post.

3 years old now - the graphics card is a 64mb GeForce 440 from nVidia.

jpor

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Looks like I was wrong:

http://support.euro.dell.com/support...es.htm#1084976

Looks like an optional mini PCI port for an optional Wireless LAN card.

messiah

nice one!

I'll have one of those I think - should I really go for the proper dell part or are these a standard part and readily available anywhere?

just hope its compatible with a Wanadoo Livebox.

jpor

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Never come across them before. Maybe worth contacting Dell and asking.

Avi

We use them all the time, the one you want is a Intel 2200BG Wireless Card.

Used by Dell/IBM/HP etc... i'm sure you can find one on ebay or from dell direct.

Never used these before but selling it for £23 http://www.europc.co.uk/pages/Produc...&refId=froogle

messiah

oh yes..

cheers boys - many thanks.