Bluetooth Mod for Asus Eee PC

Joey08122 of the Mobile01 forum has posted his Bluetooth + SD card reader mod for the Asus Eee PC. He uses the following components to complete the mod -




A USB Bluetooth dongle




A USB hub, which will be used to expand one USB port.





A USB SD card reader




The USB connector and oscillator on the Bluetooth as indicated by the red rectangles will be removed.




The USB hub opened up, with the four ports showing. Port 1 is open the upper left hand corner, Port 2 upper right, Port 3 lower right, and Port 4 lower left.




The SD Card reader, with the connector and oscillator to be removed highlighted by red rectangles.




The cannibalized parts are soldered together




Entire assembly has to be thin enough to fit in above the mini-PCI slot.




The entire assembly with the dangling card reader.




The entire assembly in place in the Mini PCI slot. Note that it does not install directly in the slot. It merely sits on the slot.




The wire is extended all the way back and its USB connector end plugged into one of the USB ports.




The finish mod.

Complete details and more photos can be viewed at the forum. Translated (into English) version can be viewed here.