Eee PC 901 dismantled, broadband solder points found
By Joshua Fruhlinger 
posted Jun 17th 2008 2:26PM
posted Jun 17th 2008 2:26PM
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Everytime that dufus presses that button, my TV turns on and off! *mad*
It's not working! I keep pressing it.
That button is just about an inch right to where my 900 has its hard-reset button. Figure that's what it is...
Probably they realized that customers would just take out the battery and they didn't further consider this button when redesigning the case.
"a mysterious button that doesn't seem to do much of anything"
You have to type 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 before you press that button...
Why does everfything have a secret button that doesn't do anything. It must be a secret conspiracy.
(btw has anybody downloaded firefox 3. I can't get to the site to download it)
For all intensive purposes, mozilla.com is dead.
WE KILLED MOZILLA!
If you are planning to break a record for downloads, make sure you have THE FUCKING BANDWIDTH FOR IT!!!
Two things:
1. The phrase is "For all intents and purposes."
2. Download links:
Windows:
http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.0&os=win&lang=en-US
Mac OS X:
http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.0&os=osx&lang=en-US
Linux:
http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.0&os=linux&lang=en-US
3.0 will be the death nail of FF.
Just download it from another source besides Mozilla.
It's available everywhere in final release version.
I remember seeing someone on Cnet mention that Google was bringing out big cojoned servers for Mozilla to host the 3.0 release.
What a piece of fucking fail, though. Released at (GMT -8) 10 A.M. Pacific? How about at 12:00 A.M. for countries at their respective time zones. You know, it being June 17th there earlier their on over here on the extreme west coast. Their servers wouldn't be being raped at the same time, either. But that would make too much sense you guys.
...has the Engadget article on it disapperaed? I can;t find it now...
Not to sound cocky, but I've downloaded it fine here in the UK. Granted the connection is slower but its far from unbearable (average 50kB/sec).
anyone in the UK or Europe, here's the link for you - and it works!!!
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/
americans can also download the uk version, there really isn't much difference
@rv:
Nope, not bandwidth. It's about server-side scripting; the download goes fast enough when you get to it.
Phoenix, I was wondering the same thing. They're blank.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/firefox-3-0-available-now-almost
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/firefox-3-0-available-now
you mean "death knell", Miles? wow, 2-for-1 idiom mauling today!
Dangit! Quit pushing the stupid secret button! You're effing my Firefox DL!!!! GRRRR!
Easy. 3g card slot is for the pizzza synthesizing machine that Ive always dreamed of. Pizza, constructed molecule by molecule. AWESOME!
The little button was probably a "case opened" detector that discharged a capacitor through a critical chip to burn out a link.
Powned!
I want one of those pci-e ssd cards!
my hp laptop has a spare and empty pci-e slot...
I would love to use it as the spot for my OS drive...
The solder points appear to be just another standard pci-e slot, it even has the 2 standard holes for the screws above it.
What is more interesting is the top photo which shows solder spots for a sim card slot labeled SIM.
It would be nice if all you needed to have mobile broadband on the eee was to solder 2 slots, but I suspect it would not be enough.
I noticed these items:
-solder points for PCIe card labeled 3G Card (already mentioned)
-solder points for SIM card on top (just mentioned)
-solder points labeled EXAT, probably for external antenna
I wonder if IDE3 is intended for a 1.8" hard drive?
There even seems to be a cavity for it in the plastic bottom.
I bet every time that secret button is pressed, a garage door opens somewhere.
Jar Jar
just as annoying as in the movies...
lol, now your response makes no sense!
How about you fuck off?
just as funny out of context
Jar Jar's comments are actually better than most comments on engadget.
I'M LOOKING AT YOU SEVERAL HUNDRED GUYS WHO MAKE EVERY ARTICLE INTO AN APPLE OR IPHONE DISCUSSION.
like your comment par exemple?
I tethered George Lucas' iPhone to my Eee 901 and downloaded Firefox 3 in .03 seconds.
Slackers.
its a self destruct button!
You must be looking at yourself then :P
What a horrible gimmick.
I have a good source that Mossberg is about to report that the secret button actually causes certain -- ahem -- less qualified commentators to post incorrectly spelled and/or used idioms. Death nail. Heh.
More importantly, when did diameter become an acceptable reference to any dimension of a rectangular object (alright, fine it's technically cuboid. Perhaps even with rounded edges, this one, oh noes call the apple police shut up clak shut up everyone else..).
Unless i'm missing the circular/spherical antenna hidden in the EEE somewhere?
Splunkster:
The phrase is actually "to all intents and purposes"
Ahem.