The Z81D is up and running nicely, except for the wireless. I have a plan for that though.

I recently read about this guy who took an Asus Eee PC and handwired in some stuph directly to the USB Bus. I can do that. I will do that!

I think I am going to get a cheapie USB wireless NIC, remove the crappy broken one in the upper right corner of the laptop, and put mine in there, then wire it down into one of the USB ports. It will take up a USB port, but plugging it in normal will anyways. Besides, I dont want some stupid f***ing thing hanging out the side of my machine if I happen to be mobile.

What am I kidding. This thing looks like crap. Case cracked in 4 places. Wireless busted. Non-original . .well… almost everything. Asthetics don’t mean much. Internal is easier to deal with.

This will be fun. Next step: choose a wireless NIC.

I was thinking about this device. Good reviews, relatively inexpensive and it has an external antenna. I can mod the top of the lid, stick the nub out the top and screw on the antenna when I need extra range.

Hmm, much thinking to do.