I've seen many done, give Google a search.
I know there is some websites dedicated to netbook mods.

 

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Originally Posted by mbudden;12479705
I've seen many done, give Google a search.
I know there is some websites dedicated to netbook mods.

mmm yeh havnt found any dedicated to netbook mods. but found a few on hackaday as well. not much their though
found a wiki type page with a fair few O.O
link to 1?

i got a choice of 2 eee pc's for $125. not sure of the model's gonna find out 2morro

and proably do a usb hub and touch screen mod ( well planning to ) but yeh

 

go on www.eeeuser.com
lots of modders on that site.

 

haven't done any mods to my eeepc 900 yet, but stock it runs Windows 7 flawless

Ubuntu 10.10 is especially awesome

only thing that would be really worth it would be more battery power so i can use it longer.

 

You just gave me a great idea, i have a old eeepc 701 laying around collecting dust might add it to my build.

 

Just got one a guy won in a contest for $ 120 shipped

250 GB HD w/6 cell battery

I through a 2GB stick in it and cleaned up 7 starter a bit and dumped the crapware and this thing is downright snappy

Boots in 45 seconds

best 120 bucks I have spent in a long time

Only down side is this contest was in Tiwan ...

this one is not availible in the US

so the keyboard is in Chinese..............

 

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Originally Posted by subliminally incorrect;12479754
go on www.eeeuser.com
lots of modders on that site.

thanks ill chk it out

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Originally Posted by Psycho666;12479759
haven't done any mods to my eeepc 900 yet, but stock it runs Windows 7 flawless

Ubuntu 10.10 is especially awesome

only thing that would be really worth it would be more battery power so i can use it longer.

mmmm true. that would be pretty sweet

do they use a lighter version of windows 7? or just normal windows 7?

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Originally Posted by KillServ;12479765
You just gave me a great idea, i have a old eeepc 701 laying around collecting dust might add it to my build.

mmm sweet not sure which model(s) i might be getting
think its a 700 or 900. not sure which illd rather

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Originally Posted by Witchdoctor;12479782
Just got one a guy won in a contest for $ 120 shipped

250 GB HD w/6 cell battery

I through a 2GB stick in it and cleaned up 7 starter a bit and dumped the crapware and this thing is downright snappy

Boots in 45 seconds

best 120 bucks I have spent in a long time

Only down side is this contest was in Tiwan ...

this one is not availible in the US

so the keyboard is in Chinese..............

Nice

ones im looking at 2nd hand are like $125 AUD

find out 2morro!

see some insane mods though.. eg. blue tooth. tv tuner. usb ( hhds ). antenna mods.

mmmm anyways

if had choice from a 700 or 900 which would u guys chose? same price

 

I'm modding my computer desk to have my computer in the desk with a window on the top so i can look down at my MB might do the same with the eeepc and run it as a WHS

 

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Originally Posted by Witchdoctor;12479782
Just got one a guy won in a contest for $ 120 shipped

250 GB HD w/6 cell battery

I through a 2GB stick in it and cleaned up 7 starter a bit and dumped the crapware and this thing is downright snappy

Boots in 45 seconds

best 120 bucks I have spent in a long time

Only down side is this contest was in Tiwan ...

this one is not availible in the US

so the keyboard is in Chinese..............

you can probably go on ebay and buy a replacement keyboard in the language of your liking for around $20

 

at the moment i'm running a normal installation of win 7 x86 Pro without problems.
just did some extra tweaks for more speed and longer battery-life, but that's it.
gonna make it a dual-boot with Ubuntu 10.10 soon, since Ubuntu is even faster on it

 

I read somewhere that most of the eeepc's are underclocked to keep them cool so you could probably look into that too, i was gonna overclock mine because i was running Gentoo on it and found a nice oc script.

 

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Originally Posted by KillServ;12479828
I read somewhere that most of the eeepc's are underclocked to keep them cool so you could probably look into that too, i was gonna overclock mine because i was running Gentoo on it and found a nice oc script.

true, when on battery power it downclocks to 630Mhz,
for windows there is a program called Eeectl that lets you control the cpu speed and fan speed, and you can even make it OC the cpu.
for Ubuntu (don't know about the other linux distro's) you can use eee applet or eeecontrol.
those 2 are basically the same as eeectl

 

Oh i'll have to look for that program.

+rep

 

some more usefull links for tweaking Ubuntu for the eeepc

Powertop
Ubuntu SSD optimisation
Ubuntu Tweak
Switch GPU power-mode
Some more SSD optimisations

 

Considering some paint? Even just a simple paintjob could look awesome if done well

 

Thanks but i think i'm gonna use WHS on it then my wife can fix it if i'm away somewhere if i stick Gentoo on it she'll have no chance lol.

 

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Originally Posted by jackeyjoe;12479939
Considering some paint? Even just a simple paintjob could look awesome if done well

mmmm sounds yummy

keep that in mind

 

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Originally Posted by Witchdoctor Just got one a guy won in a contest for $ 120 shipped 250 GB HD w/6 cell battery I through a 2GB stick in it and cleaned up 7 starter a bit and dumped the crapware and this thing is downright snappy Boots in 45 seconds best 120 bucks I have spent in a long time Only down side is this contest was in Tiwan ... this one is not availible in the US so the keyboard is in Chinese..............

EeePC sold in Taiwan have Chinese chars but they all have English too. I know as I am typing on one now. Wish I had seen this contest. I need to replace my old EeePC. And by need I mean want

 

shuld be able to buy a new keyboard anyway?

 

mmm theirs a eee pc the 4g version for $125.
or the 1000HA for $245 :/

might get the 4g.. and mod it a bit. for something todo
but 900mhz cele + 4gb ram :/ should be alright i guess what you guys think?