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Vaio W series. Does empty mini PCI-E slot work?

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KaMaZ66
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Vaio W series. Does empty mini PCI-E slot work?

Hello from Russia! Sorry for my English.:smileyhappy: My 1st experience of english-speaking forums.

I bought Vaio VPC-W221AX a.k.a. PCG-21212L. (series W, 1366*720, N470, Wi-fi, BT) in USA.

I foung two mini pci-e slots. One of them keeps half-pci-e card (wi-fi and BT, i suppose). Second slot is empty.

I bought 3g modem Sierra MC8790 + Solderless USIM socket

When i include modem, laptop can't switch on. Just one flash of battery lamp.

Maybe 2nd pci-e socket is disabled by Sony?

I found dip-switches (2 items*4 trigger) (picture below). Maybe they can change anything? Does anybody has instructions of them?

I moved them randomly, display doesn't work correctly (or absoulutely). But it's 64 combination. Too many for trying all of them.

Can anybody give me right way? Maybe it's impossible?

Thank you very much!

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KaMaZ66
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So... Is anybody here? :slight_smile:

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Blencogo
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Yes ........................

.............but it doesn't look like anyone has an answer to your question.

:smileyconfused:.