Thread: Modification: Charge via USB
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ZapWizard is offline ZapWizard
2007-06-29 , 01:12
Posts: 13 | Thanked: 4 times | Joined on Jun 2007 @ Austin, TX
#10
Originally Posted by YoDude View Post
Wooden cuticle pushers found in pharmacies (5 pack about a buck and a half) can be used as plastic pry tools.
Great tip, I never thought of that, I have to go get some now.

Originally Posted by paulh View Post
Nice posting, but on a cautionary note, I recently repaired a laptop power socket and accidentally desoldered a couple of those ferrite things. Took me about an hour to get them back in place.
The only reason I knew it was a ferrite was because it was gray, brown are usually capacitors, and parts like that with printed numbers are normally resistors. Just FYI.

Originally Posted by Slakker View Post
So...
Does this mod also allow the 770 to use any old USB keyboard without macgyvering in a separate power source for it?
No, since the 770 doesn't send power out the USB in the first place.
(Unless you do as robbh66 asked)