I don't think it matters. You're just tapping into the connections in between , not the connector itself. I think some of the components could still be there. Also, there are two connectors, you can always still tap the USB signals from where the current wireless card is.
No you can do this. The solder points are still there, just the (useless) mini-pci-e connector is not on top of it. Since you're soldering to the usb access points on the board, not having the connector there could make it easier.
Yeah having that mini-pcie connector proves to be a bit of a pain actually - its great if you're thinking the connector will make for upgrades later that are nice and easy but if you tap the power on the mini-pcie connector, bios no longer reads the default flash that's onboard. When I modded my eeePC in a similar fashion, I had to work around the slot to get things working right which just added more work to things.
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Too bad some of the new Eee PC's are missing the miniPCIe connector.
i thought that's only missing in the lower end versions of the e3?
I don't think it matters. You're just tapping into the connections in between , not the connector itself. I think some of the components could still be there. Also, there are two connectors, you can always still tap the USB signals from where the current wireless card is.
So if I go and get one now I can NOT do this?
Seems this would only spur more demand. Asus would be hurting their shareholders if they stopped this from being possible.
No you can do this. The solder points are still there, just the (useless) mini-pci-e connector is not on top of it. Since you're soldering to the usb access points on the board, not having the connector there could make it easier.
Yeah having that mini-pcie connector proves to be a bit of a pain actually - its great if you're thinking the connector will make for upgrades later that are nice and easy but if you tap the power on the mini-pcie connector, bios no longer reads the default flash that's onboard. When I modded my eeePC in a similar fashion, I had to work around the slot to get things working right which just added more work to things.