Eee with a Touchscreen... Dandy!
Last night, I popped in what is known as the "Kiddshop Solderless Touchscreen" into my Eee.
Taking my time, it took just under an hour, although it would probably take longer for people who aren't inclined to take apart their electronics. Once you disassemble the Eee, you cut a few plastic posts, plug in a couple of leads and mount the screen with double-sided tape. I have a little bit of a bulge on my bezel (the touchscreen adds 1.4 mm of thickness on top of the screen), but not enough to annoy me.
Because I don't have a webcam in my Eee, there's a spare USB bus on the mobo, which this solderless kit takes advantage of. Once you enable that bus in the BIOS and install the drivers appropriate to the OS you're running, you're set to go. I have my screen set for a 9 point calibration, and it works much better than I expected.
In the end, it's well worth the $75 bucks.
Taking my time, it took just under an hour, although it would probably take longer for people who aren't inclined to take apart their electronics. Once you disassemble the Eee, you cut a few plastic posts, plug in a couple of leads and mount the screen with double-sided tape. I have a little bit of a bulge on my bezel (the touchscreen adds 1.4 mm of thickness on top of the screen), but not enough to annoy me.
Because I don't have a webcam in my Eee, there's a spare USB bus on the mobo, which this solderless kit takes advantage of. Once you enable that bus in the BIOS and install the drivers appropriate to the OS you're running, you're set to go. I have my screen set for a 9 point calibration, and it works much better than I expected.
In the end, it's well worth the $75 bucks.
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