With the release of the new eee keyboard approaching, I’ve decided to dust off an old mod and show you what I did with an original eeepc 701.

It started with a broken 701 which I got from a friend for roughly $30. It had sustained a drop and thus resulted in a broken screen and would not boot up even with a monitor plugged into it. Upon cracking open the case I noticed the ram was knocked loose. Once I put it back in place, the 701 booted up fine with the monitor. With the broken screen getting in the way I decided to just remove it completely resulting in a very slimline desktop alternative.

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