Re: [H-source-users] restrictions to installation of cards

[John Sullivan]

Antonio Gallo <address@hidden> writes:

> Sorry, I hasn't noticed your reply.. so we can let the user specify
> the problem in the description entry (slot or category of hardware) or
> add a second entry. In the last case we could ask to specify the slot
> where some restrictions are applied. Perhaps the best choice would be
> to specify card and slot, if known.
>
> Another option would be to add a totally free text entry named:
>
> "does exist any restriction related to the substitution of some inner
> device?" (to find the best sentence here, sorry for my bad English)
>
> with the following notice below (similar to the ones used for the model name 
> and other names entries):
>
> "an example: it prevents the installation of cards not-approved by the
> vendor. Please specify the type of restriction, the slot used and the
> category of hardware substituted and any other relevant detail"

It's a very known problem that some laptops don't allow unapproved wifi
cards to be installed. It seems like because of that, it should be a
dedicated field rather than a free-form text description. 

-john

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