Well here is what I have so far:

Dominic wrote:

LOOKS GREAT SO FAR!!!
Keep It Up CMS...

One question though
I was under the assumption, that the Sensor would also be internal, like how the webcam is...

Or Something like the LED mods that people have, Just have a raised up hole, for the sensor to come through?

in my previous posts, I already stated that Im leaving the sensors out, Its a much easier process

Right now Im stripping down some old USB wires and wireing them to each usb port, that way, I wont have to lift the motherboard if I want to hook something up in the future

Dominic wrote:

But still, what would a 8GB or 16GB MicroSDHC Do for him?

Backups not reliant on the hard drive in case of system failure or crash, or he can make it bootable and install an alternate OS, maybe Pupee (Eee variant of Puppy Linux) and run that in situations that the hard drive may fail in, giving him the equivalent of Solid State that he can switch to in an emergency. . . or he can hide the drive and use it as a shadow drive for all his top secret stuff. . . then there's the bragging rights. . .

zeo wrote:

Dominic wrote:

But still, what would a 8GB or 16GB MicroSDHC Do for him?

Backups not reliant on the hard drive in case of system failure or crash, or he can make it bootable and install an alternate OS, maybe Pupee (Eee variant of Puppy Linux) and run that in situations that the hard drive may fail in, giving him the equivalent of Solid State that he can switch to in an emergency. . . or he can hide the drive and use it as a shadow drive for all his top secret stuff. . . then there's the bragging rights. . .

I mean i guess a microSDHC COULD prove worthy, but why not just use the onboard Mem Card reader?

Whatever, its personal preference i guess

Cms wrote:

I already have a Ubuntu live USB drive, I got all my recovery programs on it, but I think it will be more usable as an external usb drive

Why not a SD card? Instead of USB Drive

Last edited by Dominic (2009-08-01 10:16:28 am)

Dominic wrote:

I mean i guess a microSDHC COULD prove worthy, but why not just use the onboard Mem Card reader?

Whatever, its personal preference i guess

Because you might want to use the external card reader for reading other cards, and the problem with having an emergency drive is having it with you when you have an emergency!

Same reason Asus formats the HDD into two partitions so you can use F9 for a system restore but this can free that option up with your own backup.  So you can reclaim the recovery partition for your own use.  Also the ability to run the computer in essentially solid state mode when traveling to make sure you don't damage your HDD on rough trips.

But yes, it depends on personal preference. . .

Dominic wrote:

Why not a SD card? Instead of USB Drive

SD card requires a reader, takes up more space, USB drive can be connected right to an available USB connection.   For the way Cms uses it, it also is better because not every system will have a SD card reader but every system will have a USB port.

@Cms, some recovery tools require 1GB or less USB drive because larger can damage certain BIOS... if you're into system recovery and want the best tool for the job. Alternatively you can use Grub to make a multi-boot USB Drive with as many apps and OS's as it'll fit. . .

very cool cms, ive been looking at this duo pen setup!

Did you find a gps that would work internally?

Best Regards,
John M

Hey, if you have the space you might want to check this out... http://www.hwtools.net/Adapter/USBMA.html

You can use that with a spare USB connection to relocate your WIFI card and use the Mini Port for that Broadcom Crystal HD card?

Or save it for a 3G mod later?

Yup, the module they sell connects to USB.  The internal Wifi card doesn't use it's USB connection so you can get it from there and the 1000HE should have enough space to keep this internal.

I recently modded a 900A with a touchscreen and used one of the hub's USB ports to add a USB 16GB Super Talent Pico drive.  Works fine with the whole thing connected to the webcam port.

The USB Bluetooth should be fine as well, worst case you might not be able to use bluetooth and the webcam at the same time but I doubt that would be the case.

What model Eee do you have?  The 1000HE comes with bluetooth. . . If a similar model it might have the connections for the Bluetooth already?  Like the 900A doesn't come with bluetooth but it has the same soldering points that are on the 901, just missing the port plug but can be used with a quick solder (the on/off switch may not work though but just like the USB you can software shut it down)

Last edited by zeo (2009-08-05 10:18:59 am)

i actually just bought this gps dongle:
http://www.globalsat.com.tw/eng/product … 000124.htm

GlobalSat ND-100 USB Dongle GPS Receiver
Features

The ND-100 is a compact and portable device, which allows you to carry a GPS receiver for use on your laptop whenever you travel.  The ND-100 requires no battery or cables, only your favorite NMEA compliant navigation software is all that’s needed to turn a laptop into a powerful navigation system.

Feature

‧      USB 2.0 interface
‧      Build-in high sensitivity GPS chip
‧      High GPS sensitivity: -161 dBm
‧      Support SBAS (WAAS and EGNOS)
‧      Support Microsoft® Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/VistaTM
‧      Support Macintosh OS 8/9/10.X, RedHat 7.3 / 8.0 / 9.0

Last edited by Eats7 (2009-08-06 8:49:39 am)

Cms wrote:

WOOHOO I got it working

our thoughts were right, everything was reversed, Thank you all who helped specialy racer

So these are the correct wires ???

(+)(D-)(D+)(-)

Last edited by phreak (2009-08-10 3:31:42 pm)

jmduncan01 wrote:

Unfortunately, this one doesn't work inside the case.  I tried this unit below and above the motherboard and it failed to pick up a signal.  And it really is too tall to fit above the motherboard without causing a bulge in the palm rest.

Best Regards,
John M

Eats7 wrote:

i actually just bought this gps dongle:
http://www.globalsat.com.tw/eng/product … 000124.htm
http://www.globalsat.com.tw/mana_php/pr … -100-m.jpg
GlobalSat ND-100 USB Dongle GPS Receiver
Features

The ND-100 is a compact and portable device, which allows you to carry a GPS receiver for use on your laptop whenever you travel.  The ND-100 requires no battery or cables, only your favorite NMEA compliant navigation software is all that’s needed to turn a laptop into a powerful navigation system.

Feature

‧      USB 2.0 interface
‧      Build-in high sensitivity GPS chip
‧      High GPS sensitivity: -161 dBm
‧      Support SBAS (WAAS and EGNOS)
‧      Support Microsoft® Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/VistaTM
‧      Support Macintosh OS 8/9/10.X, RedHat 7.3 / 8.0 / 9.0

Ah, ****. hmmm
I was thinking of adding an internal anntenna to it, do you think that'll work? Like, is there a place to solder on an anntenna?

Last edited by Eats7 (2009-08-12 1:32:40 am)