Want an eBook reader, but don’t want to pick up a commercially available unit from Amazon, Sony, or another company? One Australian hacker decided he didn’t want to pay the shipping charges to get an eBook reader from the US, so he picked up a cheap Eee PC and started down the long path to […]
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Eee PC hack: Adding a MicroSD card reader
Sure, the Asus Eee PC comes with 2/4/8/12/20GB of onboard storage space and and SD/SDHC card reader for expansion. But that’s just not enough for some people. So the folks at Popular Science decided to hack away at the case and add another card reader. If you want to play along at home, you’ll need […]
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Upgrading the SSD on an Eee PC
Not happy with the 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 12GB, or 20GB of solid state memory that came with your Eee PC? It turns out that you can upgrade it — if you have a really steady hand, a lot of patience, and a soldering iron. Hoschi at Eee PC.de managed to upgrade his 4GB unit to […]
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Add a cheap (and kind of ugly) backlight to your Eee PC
Wish your Eee PC was easier to type on in the dark? With its tiny size and light weight, it’s tempting to take your Eee PC into bed and read the “paper” before going to sleep instead of reading a book. But shut off the lights and it can be a bit hard to find […]
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Hacking the Eee PC 900 screen onto an Eee PC 701
Eee hacker extraordinaire jkkmobile, the guy who brought us the first touchscreen Eee PC mod, has answered the age-old question: will an Eee PC 900 screen work on an Eee PC 701. The answer? Kind of.For the most part, the Eee PC 900 and 701 hardware is identical. Sure, the Eee PC 900 has a […]
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Would you pay $3200 for an insanely modded Eee PC?
One of the coolest things about the tiny Eee PC is that it’s extraordinarily hackable. You wouldn’t think you could fit so much junk inside of its lilliputian case, but hundreds of people have added touchscrens, Bluetooth, additional memory, and other components to their Eee PC units. If you’re not an expert with a soldering […]