Dell Truemobile 1300 and Latitude C640

Question

I need to order a new wireless card for my laptop. Will the latitude C640 support the Mini PCI Truemobile 1300 card? Does the C640 come with a pre-installed internal antenna? Do the new 1300 drivers support LEAP and PEAP? Thanks for the help, Max

DELL-BobT · Answer

max,

Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.

The TrueMobile 1300 card should fit the Latitude C640. Antennae only are installed in the system if it is ordered this way from the factory. It looks as though your system was purchased without this option. The range will be limited to the output of the card itself in this case.

maxencet · Answer

Thanks for your answer. Can you order an antenna? how can I extend the range of my wireless card ? Max

DELL-BobT · Answer

@maxencet wrote:

Thanks for your answer.

Can you order an antenna? how can I extend the range of my wireless card ?

Max

Max,

This question has already been answered on the Inspiron board.

Thank you for choosing Dell.

mac640 · Answer

This card works great with the C640, I get very good range and max speeds

Ed C · Answer

The only way to tell if it has a antenna is to open the MiniPCI slot (Take the cover off) and look to see if there a loose wire in there that has a small connector on it. If there is such a wire in that area then it is the antenna. Most Dell notebook from the C600/i8000 series up have the antenna included with the motherboard/speaker assembly.

Good luck, the TM1300 should work fine.

cambo16 · Answer

Hi, i have a c600, and i only have one antennea wire.  Is that ok to use with the truemobile 1300? I bought one on ebay and installed it.  It didn't recognize it, nothing happened.  Not a single difference when i started windows xp.  Is it supposed to automatically detect or am i at a loss?

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