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Author:  Spyda [ Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:45 pm ]
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Edit: picture of the thing is at the bottom of the post.

It's a placeholder for something, and I'm hoping it's for http://www.pcrush.com/product/Laptop-an ... refid=1643.

So I can actually hear something in-game. I think every review I've read and watched, nobody even mentions it..



1:30 you see the placeholder above the 2 usb ports but the idiot passes it over like it isn't there.

Specs: http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/asus-g6 ... 24579.html.

Attached is the placeholder pulled out. The long part is where the pins are inside on the computer which looks almost identical to what the sound card looks like except narrow all the way down, and the small side has nothing on the inside which makes me think that it could possibly be it, but at the same time since it has that odd side that it is for something else.

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Author:  Falcon [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:57 am ]
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i have 2 of them on my laptop. they apparently hold the little memory cards that are in digital cameras so you can upload shit to your laptop...
Author:  CHRiS [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 2:06 am ]
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I think that's an express PCMCIA slot.
The sound card says express on it, I think it'll work :P
Author:  Spyda [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 2:19 am ]
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Falcon wrote:
i have 2 of them on my laptop. they apparently hold the little memory cards that are in digital cameras so you can upload shit to your laptop...


Yeah, that's just the piece of plastic that keeps the dirt out you can use as a storage thing for them, ones a SD and dunno what the other side is, just like there's a fake SD card on the front that is just there to keep dirt out.

CHRiS wrote:
I think that's an express PCMCIA slot.
The sound card says express on it, I think it'll work :P


Was what I was hoping to hear.
Author:  CHRiS [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 2:21 am ]
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I would tell you that it definitely will fit, but I couldn't find the specs on that slot on the laptop
Author:  Spyda [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 2:36 am ]
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Yeah, apparently even though amazing, this laptop is now old news in the Asus gaming line and they no longer even show it on the website as a computer unless you dig deeper. It's ok though, I'll take a $1000 laptop for $700 on clearance at Best Buy.

I hope this card works.. I can't take this terrible sound and the only way you can get a direction on a sound is if you look straight at it. More than 5 degrees either way and it's only left ear/right ear.
Author:  fomenta [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:38 pm ]
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Yes, ExpressCard -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExpressCard
Author:  r3xx3r [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 2:44 pm ]
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yea, it definitely is a PCMCIA card. Falcon is wrong about it being for memory cards.
Author:  Spyda [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 3:08 pm ]
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r3xx3r wrote:
yea, it definitely is a PCMCIA card. Falcon is wrong about it being for memory cards.


No he isn't. The placeholder is a storage device for a SD card and a MS card.
Author:  r3xx3r [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 3:59 pm ]
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Spyda wrote:
r3xx3r wrote:
yea, it definitely is a PCMCIA card. Falcon is wrong about it being for memory cards.


No he isn't. The placeholder is a storage device for a SD card and a MS card.


really?? didnt know that. i had those in my laptop and didnt know that. cool
Author:  Spyda [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 5:07 pm ]
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Yeah, they slide in and click. then when you get them out you just push on the back with your finger through the hole and it pops out.
Author:  fomenta [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 5:14 pm ]
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So are you saying its not an ExpressCard?

Cause I have what looks like the exact same placeholder for my Dell and its for a ExpressCard

Like:
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Author:  r3xx3r [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:57 pm ]
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fomenta wrote:
So are you saying its not an ExpressCard?

Cause I have what looks like the exact same placeholder for my Dell and its for a ExpressCard


im pretty sure they are express card slots, that is just a plastic cover so dust doesnt get in the slot.
Author:  Spyda [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 7:32 pm ]
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r3xx3r wrote:
fomenta wrote:
So are you saying its not an ExpressCard?

Cause I have what looks like the exact same placeholder for my Dell and its for a ExpressCard


im pretty sure they are express card slots, that is just a plastic cover so dust doesnt get in the slot.


Exactly, and it's just designed for when it isn't in use by an actual express card, you can use that plastic thing to hold the 2 memory cards so you don't lose them and store it in your computer.
Author:  fomenta [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:28 pm ]
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Ok ok -- so the insert is a placeholder for an express card slot, but this placeholder has the cool feature as doubling up as a memory card holder?
Author:  Spyda [ Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:45 pm ]
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Exactly! =)
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