Talk:PCI Express Mini Card

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where is the antenna integrated on PCI Express Mini Card?? I have seen WIFI-HSDPA-HSUPA cards in PCI Express Mini format.. but I don't know how the antenna issue is solved.. Can't think that it can be an internal antenna... is it?

Also there should be easy accecible SIM card holder on the cards... Is there any answers to that?


 * This is a page to discuss the Wikipedia article, not to discuss the subject per se. Anyway I will try to answer this questions:  The antenna connection is not on the PCI Express Mini Card edge connector, but typically provided by one or more U.FL connectors far away from the edge connector.  On the edge connector the 6 wires for SIM card is available.  The SIM card holder must be made available on the base board.  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nisselua (talk • contribs).


 * integrated 2.4ghz antennas for wifi are usually an eighth wavelength, or just under half an inch, iirc. gsm antennas are 800-900 or 1800-1900mhz, I'm not sure on size, but they're probably quite small as well. any trace on the circuit board that's only connected by one side, and is a straight length of metal is probably an antenna, though as stated above, antennas for these things are usually not integrated. they usually connect off to bigger antennas via u.fl connectors.24.68.85.188 (talk) 11:27, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Is it worth mentioning in the article that this form-factor is only typically used by various radio modules like bluetooth, 802.11x, gsm? By the name of the interface you'd guess some type of video card plugs into these.

Is there even a video card you can plug into these? That might be a cool option for owners of cheap notebooks which mostly have minicards, but often only an IGP and no MXM, external PCI express , etc to put in a decent adapter 84.161.62.196 (talk) 11:59, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

On another note, does anyone have a pinout they could post? The link to the specifications and whitepapers is only viewable by registered members of select companies. 24.68.85.188 (talk) 11:27, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

My Mini PCIe is ~51 x 30, not 56 x 30 as mentioned in the article. Are there different standards? The Mini PCIe card is from a HP Laptop. Minus198 (talk) 12:39, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Graphics
These slots can be used for graphics right? So far I have the smallest slot... D: Untraceable2U (talk) 00:53, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I do not think they can be used for graphics, now. PCI Express graphics tend to be at least 8 lanes, normally 16 lanes, this slot is 1 lane only. --OuroborosCobra (talk) 06:27, 1 October 2008 (UTC)