On the heels of a post two days ago, and in the interest of giving new life and attraction at the old greats in the Asus Eee PC line-up, here is something which is sure to make some Eee PC 70x users very happy.
Many users were happy with many aspects of the Eee PC 701, and unhappy with other aspects, we know the perfect netbook may not exist, but there are some that are very, very close. Some fans of the 70x series replaced the keyboard with what they thought were more useful or appropriate keyboards, and some users found a way to do something else as well; replace the screen.
Probably just as many purchasers of the 70x series loved the small screen as much as there were those who hated it or found it a tad too small. Then the 90x came out with the larger screen that many argued belonged on the 70x, but a 70x with a larger screen never made it to the market. Until now.
Eeeuser forum member RandyLude92 has a long forum thread detailing how he managed to retrieve the larger screen from the 90x and maneuver it into the 70x. This involves carefully lifting the screen from the 90x, placing it into the 70x and even updating the BIOS to support the larger screen (to remove the screen size limitation, otherwise the whole screen would not be properly utilised).
So if you are feeling adventurous, give it a go, it appears to be a wonderful modification project. Warning, not recommended for the faint of heart, those still under warranty, if you have no backup plans in case anything goes wrong or those without a sense of adventure.
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Sounds cool, I like it.
If only I’d kept my 701, it looks like fun!
This was posted on asuseee.weebly.com four days earlier (May 26th) then it was on here.
I can assure you, I wrote the above piece independently and without prompting from any outside source. What you have found is a great coincidence of the like-minded Eee community. I saw the thread, and the associated thread in the Eeeuser forum feedback section and thought that RandyLude92 deserved a shout-out.
Thanks for the useful info. It’s so interesting
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