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Installing A Touchscreen

Caution - not for those of a nervous disposition!

The next of my modifications to me Eee was to fit a touchscreen - well having used PDAs for years and being used to a touchscreen on a small computer ... it just had to be done ;-)

Unfortunately, I forgot to take a lot of photos during this procedure as I was following this procedure for performing the modification. I would highly recommend following this as my Eee lid pretty much fully closes with the touchscreen in place - I've seen others that have a large gap!

There are many places inside the Eee that you can fit a touchscreen controller - you don't necessarily have to put one in the same place as me. However, using double sided sticky tape is a good way to mount it!

So here's how I did it - see how to dismantle the Eee first and then read on ...

Tools required

• No.1 Philips screwdriver (not pozidrive)
• Anti-static wrist band
• Small flat screwdriver
• Fine tipped soldering iron (0.5mm)
• 30awg solder
• Liquid flux
• 30awg wire (green and white) for USB signals
• 24awg / 26awg wire (red and black) for USB power
• Wire strippers
• Tweezers
• Hot glue gun (with glue)
• Magnifying glass
• digital multi-meter
• double sided sticky tape
• kitchen roll

Preparation

As before, twist some lengths of green and white wire together, then strip and tin the ends of them.

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