I like what you have done very much, any chance of some closeup pics of the connections, and which hub do you recommend?

Thanks, think i will do this to mine, when it arrives!

alanala wrote:

what wattage solder iron do you use?

I am using an Antex 12 W soldering iron with a very fine 0.6 mm tip.The model is Antex M12 -12 W.

ba

Johnx wrote:

ta2cba, outstanding!

Could you post the measurements of the hub PCB for me?

Thanks Johnx.It will be really hard to crack the case open for an exact measurement but I can say that lengthwise it is half the ram module and width wise the same as ram module width.I measured and compared it with the ram module before I installed in just to see if I can put it under the Ram module but it was a bit thick to fit there as there was a cap and xtal which I needed to desolder so I gave up that idea.I hope this will be helpful.

ba

@Johnx,This hub is amazingly ideal for EEE mods.I was so lazy to desolder all USB ports from the hub pcb I almost gave up the idea of fitting in a hub and was going to your brilliant idea of sticking two ports in and solder them to mobo usb points,then I saw this in maplin last sat and fell in love@first sight!

ba

Last edited by ta2cba (2007-12-10 3:09:57 pm)

Indeed, I want the hub and bluetooth in the screen space using the camera USB connection to run the HUB then connecting USB 1 to camera, USB to bluetooth and running 3 & 4 down to the spare bay for 2 * 16GB flash voyagers.

Managed to get hold of a white Eee PC about 15 min ago, at least this way I can see what a white keyboard looks like on the black Eee PC

SpoonerPS3 wrote:

Hi guys...I'm getting an EEE in a week or 2...I've seen all this mods and I'm really liking them...but I have a question...Why do you connect the 4 cables that go to the usb hub on diferent points of the motherboard, instead of just to one of the already available usb ports? thanks

There are two usb ports other than 3 external ones in the mini pcie conns, one in the wifi conn and the other one is in the ram bay.By using those the external ones are spared.If you don't mind losing one external port you can use it equally well and I think soldering to one of those will be more easy.it's a matter of choice i think.

ba

Hey great mod .. if i ever get an EEE which im seriously considering .. well hoping i will do this mod. Here a link for the smae hub for $6.81 or about £3.40 for us english folk .. that includes free worldwide shipping, great site for memory and other cool stuff at great prices. Link  http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1148

Enjoy .. Jama

ckegg wrote:

I just realized that your hub is at the same place as mine, great work!

Here is my hub mod + 2 x 16GB sticks: http://eeemod.net/forum/viewthread.php? … a=page%3D1 , sorry in foreign language.

But I put my sticks at MDC area because I want to save the Mini-PCIe area for SSD expansion.

Very nice and very clean!  Very impressive!

Cheers,
Kermee

ckegg wrote:

I just realized that your hub is at the same place as mine, great work!

Here is my hub mod + 2 x 16GB sticks: http://eeemod.net/forum/viewthread.php? … a=page%3D1 , sorry in foreign language.

But I put my sticks at MDC area because I want to save the Mini-PCIe area for SSD expansion.

Wow,what a clean approach to the same problem!I feel that mine needs a lot of house cleaning when I look at yours! and thanks for the great idea of  where to put my bluetooth,I was thinking to use one of the spare ports on hub and ditch it into the LCD bezel area but it is more easy to stick that near the modem port I suppose and I will end up with an empty USB port to slot in another 8Gig flash I was thinking to slot in two 16 gig flash but I thought I might buy another EEE with the investment on them so decided to wait till the price tag drops.

ba

Last edited by ta2cba (2007-12-11 5:19:56 am)

I installed the bluetooth dongle inside the EEE in order to free the mini pcie bay USB ports for more USB flash to gain storage.I used the third port of hub for bluetooth and the other two stayed as they are connected to USB receptacles. In order to improve signal strength of BT I cut out the aluminum shielding inside the cover just over the BT and that made a huge difference in signal strength. I still have one more USB left over in the hub and thinking to add a SirfstarIII patch antenna GPS module inside the LCD bezel! I would like to thank ckegg for showing me the available area for the bluetooth by adding the link for his mod.

so here is the outcome,

The bluetooth dongle fixed in it's place:



BT connection to the hub:



and finally the moment of truth



ba

For those who are planning to do this mod, www.zipzoomfly.com is currently selling the Corsair 16GB Flash Voyager for $79.99 AR (99.99 less 20 MIR).  I never bought from them, don't know their reliability.