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[JDTucson]

@comgmoneytrick,
You do not need to purchase a special USB cable to do your mods but using the right wire is important.
Use 30awg twisted pair solid kynar wire for your data lines. You can use 30awg wire for your hub to device power but for the main power to the hub you should use something bigger. I use 24-26awg wire for my main power lines and 28awg wire for my hub to device power. There are a lot of posts about wire size just use the search function at the top of this page to find them.
Chewy posted a great general guide to modding that you might want to check out:
http://forum.eeeuser...=281008#p281008
JDtucson

[comgmoneytrick]

so what website would you recommend that supplies those?

[JDTucson]

@comgmoneytrick,
I googled kynar wire and got 18,100 sites. I picked up my wire locally but I know radioshack.com has 50ft rolls for $3.99 in white, red, and blue. I prefer using the correct color code of Red, White, Green, and Black but I had to pay $10.50 per roll at a local store to get it quick.
http://radioshack.co...rentPage=family

Kapton tape you can get at dealextreme.com for $3.99 and thetapedepot.com for 3x the price.
http://www.dealextre...ils.dx/sku.5340
http://www.thetapede...emart/Itemid,1/

The information is on this site but you need to use the search function, look around and study how others did their mods. The Hacks and Modifications section has some great information from a lot of talented people.
JDtucson

[farrytheone]

I finished my Asus Eee mod today. I'm going to wait for the prices of memorycards (micro sd cards) to drop, before replacing the current one with a slighty bigger one. I'll post some more pictures later on. I'll also show you a pin lay-out of a mini PCI card connector to make it easier to see where you have to connect the wires.

www.farry.nl

Edited by farrytheone, 22 June 2008 - 03:11 PM.

[sturtles]

Hi Guys, is the aetheros wifi card a removable pci-e card? I'm thinking of replacing it with a wifi+blluetooth unit

[edwinuy]

Yes, it's fantastic work but you can do the same by using an ultra-small USB bluetooth dongle and a 16GB SDHC.

The ultra-small USB BT is a half-circle with a diameter that is only a few millimeters larger than the USB port's width. Both USB BT and 16GB SDHC cost only around USD 61.00 in the Philippines. Of course, this would cost you a USB port as well as the valuable SD slot. However,this is one dumb-proof alternative.

[Jongbloed]

Hello all,

This is really a great mod for the EEE PC. I recently bought one and am now seriously thinking about adding the two USB ports to my EEE PC.

But after studying the pictures and information in this forum, I still am a bit confused about the unused mini PCI Express chip. As I see on the detailed pictures showing the connection points (for example the pictures from Crihz) the chip is still installed but on the pictures of the installation from Johnx I see this chip is removed. I have not yet opened my EEE PC so I'm not sure if there are maybe different versions (one with and one without chip) and what version I than have, but maybe one of you could help me out.

My actual question is, do I have to remove the unused mini PCI Express chip or can I also leave it in place and just connect the wires to the correct connections on the MB?

[sdebeste]

Hello,
Everybody is talking about 5V, but I have 9.6 V coming out! I use the 5V connector behind the MINI PCIE slot, like everybody else! I already blew up 2 USB Hubs. Does anyone has an idea?
Cheers.

Edit: nvm, I used the wrong type.
PRoblem solved.

Edited by sdebeste, 05 November 2008 - 11:49 AM.

[farrytheone]

Look on my website for close-up pic's. i can't do more than this, sorry.

http://farry.nl/mijn-eee-mod

Edited by farrytheone, 13 January 2009 - 11:00 PM.

[stanzy]

this is a seriously cool and very useful mod - and it looks so simple! the only mod i am seriously considering attempting on my brand spankin new eee. *first post! - great forums!*

[JDTucson]

Bull-head,
The only problem is that we did those mods 3 or 4 years ago and most of us that did them have moved on and just forgotten how we did them. my68 GB 4g 701 with the 4 port hub, 2 ea 8GB Sandisk SSD's, a touch screen and an internal usb jack for a 32GB Rally2 SSD is just collecting dust waiting for me to sell it. MY 900 with the 32GB rally2 SSD hooked to the unused bluetooth port is occasionally used by my daughter for school notes but also up for sale, if I ever get around to it. But I still use my 901 with the 64GB Runcore SSD for road trips. My notebook workhorse now is a 2nd gen I7-2630QM with a 750GB HDD and Blu-Ray, with HDMI and a pair of USB 3.0 ports.
WE grow and evolve. I had a blast doing the mods and building the systems but I had a stroke and can't do it anymore.
Sorry,
JDtucson

Edited by JDTucson, 15 July 2011 - 05:46 AM.

[Johnx]

I've managed to find the old pics and have reposted them.

John