Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Dm1z - Add 2nd Mini Pci-e

Hi everyone,



I'm an 'almost" happy owner of a HP DM1..

model DM1-3100 (bought in BELGIUM).

I've read the service manual before buying this model, because I wanted to be sure I could install a 3G mini pci-e card.

To my joy the manual had all the options already in the netobook, BUT to my surprise when I opened the DM1Z : no sim card reader, no m-pcie slot and no antennas.

Has I already added these things to my old Aspire One (had same 'surprise') and ordered the missing pieces and soldered them yesterday onto the DM1 (i've bought sim card reader, mini pci-e slot (4mm) and 2 wwlan antennas).

BUT the only thing now : the Gobi m-pcie card is not found in OS (no hardware detected).

I suspect that we (as for the Aspire One) need to shortcircuit 2 pins on the motherboard to activate the missing 2nd wwlan mini-pcie slot.



SO, my question to you all : can you put or send me some highdef pictures of the motherboard with m-pcie & sim card reader (I think all US models have the 2nd slot), so I can check with this motherboard and see where the difference lies in terms of pins.



This happend also with my old Aspire One, only 2 pins who needed to be soldered with each other to activate mini-pcie slot...so, I sure this is the case too.



I'm certain we can find a way to activate this slot, so all the owners of a crippled DM1Z can add this on their own.



I hope I receive a positive response form you all..



Thanks to everyone who wants to help out!



Cheers,

Davy

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