HP Elitebook x360 830 G6 second m.2 (WWAN) connector - Technical capabilities

[lxs602]

Hi,

This is to follow on from the question below:

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/HP-Elitebook-x360-830-G6-secon...

The accepted answer stated that the motherboard was not designed for a storage disk in the WWAN slot.

This is despite being an M-key slot, which is common used by SSDs. 

I would like to read more on the technical explanation for the incompatibility, if anyone can offer a few links.

The maintenance and service manual states the following, but it does not help much:

Wireless wide area network (WWAN) (select models only):
WWAN cards are compatible with a programmable removable eSIM
Two WWAN antennas (worldwide 5-band, conƭgured at top of display panel)
Supports the following WWAN formats:
Integrated WWAN options with dual antennas (M.2 30 × 42 socket USB2):
● Intel XMM™ 7262 LTE-Advanced (CAT 6)
Integrated WWAN options with dual antennas (M.2 30 × 42 socket PCIe):
● Intel XMM 7360 LTE-Advanced (CAT 9)
● Intel XMM 7560 LTE-Advanced Pro (CAT 16)

Thanks very much

[banhien]

@lxs602 

It clearly says that port is for a WWAN card. More information

        https://www.techopedia.com/definition/5111/wireless-wide-area-network-wwan

Regards.

[lxs602 · Accepted solution]

It looks like this was not the right place to post this question, so I will try again elsewhere.

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