My head has gone crazy with the idea of putting an internal WWAN card in my recently acquired Alienware M11x the minute I noticed the SIM slot on top of the SD card slot and the fact that on the BIOS screen, there is an option to enable or disable the “Internal WWAN”. So the best place to search for such stuff would be Google notebookreview.com forums. It is definitely the prime place to search and ask for help regarding all notebook matters. There are specific sections dedicated for each notebook manufacturer. There’s even a specific place for the M11x.
I’ve nailed it down to a few things:
- Obviously, I need to buy an aftermarket mini-pci-e internal WWAN card. Not sure where to get one in Singapore, but the best place would of course be the local IT forums.
- Getting signed drivers for it for Windows 7 64-bit.
- There is no antenna built-in for an internal WWAN card to use.
- Some sort of software to make the 3G connection.
Well, it wasn’t easy, but I managed to get it all working!
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