If you’re afraid of soldering, please turn in your geek card. Seriously, no excuses :)

Posted at 10:19 am on Dec 22nd, 2008 by Neil_J

Standard disclaimers apply about voiding your warranty, but i bet you someone will break their EEEPC and complain.

ESD mats, and grounding straps are a good idea when working with electronics at home – especially if you’re on top of carpet.

Posted at 10:28 am on Dec 22nd, 2008 by ngth

701 is the 4G standard model, with camera. Still, hubs designed for use in the EEE PC often have a port to plug the camera into.

Neil_J: I believe Caleb Kraft is referring to fearing soldering something that a person may not be able to afford to replace if bricked, not soldering in general.

Posted at 12:27 pm on Dec 22nd, 2008 by tom61

I’m with neil_j. Who the hell is afraid of soldering? This tape job is messy as hell. I don’t understand how you could make a solder job worse than this dude’s tape.

Posted at 12:31 pm on Dec 22nd, 2008 by Obnauticus

hot glue, anyone?

Posted at 1:54 pm on Dec 22nd, 2008 by Cyrozap

I’ve soldered plenty of motherboards. (all of which I could not have afforded to replace.) as long as you know what you’re doing and don’t overheat anything nothing bad is going to happen. it shouldn’t be your first soldering project, but there is no reason to be afraid you’re going to break your computer. I second the vote for hot glue; not only does it hold things in place but it’s perfect for preventing shorts.

Posted at 5:43 pm on Dec 22nd, 2008 by Steve

wow!! thats the second time i have made it on hackaday!!!
thanks guys :P

@obnauticus, yeah my tapeing skills are not that great but it works :P

and for the record im not afariad to solder. but its just so much easyer

Posted at 6:35 pm on Dec 22nd, 2008 by luke

need eeepc,

Posted at 6:49 pm on Dec 22nd, 2008 by Ben

i have a 4g Surf without the webcam , i have bought the touchscreen and controller , its all fitted , but nomatter what i try it jus doesnt recognise the intrnal camera port , is it possible that it is disabled in the bios , if i were to upgrade my bios to the 4g (withwebcam) then would it recognise it or is this just a failed theory because i realy dont want this screwing up thanks:)

Posted at 8:03 am on Mar 25th, 2009 by VIPER

im having the same problem as viper and my eeepc 4g surf doesnt recognise the internal cam port :S im now on my second touchscreen and on my last controler unit i blew it >.< and now i hav bought a "plug and play" controler board and touchscreen but it just doesnt recognise it when i plug it in

Posted at 3:22 pm on Jun 15th, 2009 by doug