Comments on: Asus Eee PC trace hunting

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:52:41 +0000

OK I just realised that it would cause signal conflicts. Silly me!

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:50:50 +0000

Regarding my comment above, I appreciate that if the BT adaptor was drawing current from the usb socket it would mean twice as much current was being drawn if something external was also plugged into the socket, but how does this differ from an unpowered usb hub?

I have an unpowered hub on my laptop using two devices and it can support up to 4 devices. The other end is plugged into a usb socket. There are no problems with this.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:19:34 +0000

It seems to me that there is probably enough room in the case for a small BT adaptor plugged into a usb lead and the other end soldered to the pins on the back of one of the usb sockets. Am I missing something or would this work?

By: strider_mt2k

strider_mt2k — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:56:23 +0000

Nice work!

I also would love to get my hands on one of these.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:36:40 +0000

1. Man, i really need to get one of these... then just figure out how to mod so the evdo card will work....

oh, yeah, first post--WOOT!!!

All you have to do is set up a new dial up conntion and the phone number is #777
your user name is 555-555-5555@vzw.com
and the password is vzw
and youll are set

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:34:39 +0000

Man the asus are really nice the company I work for is becoming a reseller of these little guys they are so simple they restore back to oem in less then 10 sec. and they boot up in 21 sec

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:05:40 +0000

Do you think this could be turned into an automotive GPS??

By: tom61

tom61 — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:35:29 +0000

I got one a few days ago. Neat laptop, a bit constrained in resolution, but not horrible.

Once I make sure I don't need the warranty (I've already ran into an issue, so I might actually need it), I'll start modding mine.

The hacks and modding section of the EEEUser forums has a fair number of hardware mods, including an internal HD mod:
http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewforum.php?id=12

By: fucter

fucter — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:11:19 +0000

mine is coming on monday, I can’t wait!

By: The Steven

The Steven — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:57:03 +0000

Oh great! It's the I-Opener all over again!

Fine then, I'll get one too!

By: andrew

andrew — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:38:26 +0000

We’re purchasing these for every student at my school next year. I have two evaluation units and they are wonderful to play with. I’m currently working on a custom OS image to try and make them more “school” ready.

By: localroger

localroger — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:53:02 +0000

I am so tempted to get one of these things and case mod it with a wider keyboard, move the trackpad up to the side of the display, and add a serious battery pack that could run it at least 12 hours. That would make it about the same width and weight as a normal laptop, still considerably shorter (especially nice when the dude in front of you on the airplane reclines his seat), and most of all give it enough battery life not to be a constant nuisance.

By: boardboy

boardboy — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:15:49 +0000

I was just thinking of adding BT to one of the unused USB ports

By: Johnny B. Goode

Johnny B. Goode — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:44:38 +0000

I think I need one of these two. I’m wondering how well it would work if I soldered a USB connection to one of those unused ports then added a WD Passport for a real live HDD. Oh the possiblilites………..

By: pcgfx805

pcgfx805 — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:38:06 +0000

Yeah these little things are pretty handy, we got a couple at work for testing. Interested in possible hacks :D