thanks.
above all remember laptops change fast. and these devices might work in one laptop version - but not another.... it needs to be tested specifically on your model of laptop with your specific software- noone else can vouch that any third party hardware/software may or may not work on your setup...
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other people have used active silicon cards inside magma expressbox pci boxes with reported success. i havent tested this myself. so i make no claims.
http://www.magma.com/products/pciexpress/expressbox1/
http://activesilicon.com/products_fg_lfg.htm