Dell mini 9 3G install
posted Apr 13th 2009 10:39am by Caleb Kraftfiled under: classic hacks, laptops hacks
[Rob] sent in his Dell mini 9 3G install. He bought the Dell without the 3G option, but found that he really wanted it. He installed a mini pcie bracket and found a sim connector that matched the specs he needed. Apparently they use one that it rare as it uses the first pin to indicate whether or not there’s a card loaded. He pulled the mini pcie 3G card from a cheap USB adapter. After soldering it all in place and firing up OS X, he was able to connect, without issue. He says the reception wasn’t great, so he’ll need to add an antenna. This is similar to the process seen on the Acer aspire one 3G hack. Since you’re already in there, you might as well add a GPS while you’re at it.
Stupid question, can that added mini pcie slot hold a ssd card? I don’t want to boot from it, but I would love to add capacity that is relatively high speed and not have to use the sd slot for it.
Posted at 11:04 am on Apr 13th, 2009 by Convictus