Sony Vaio Revived: How Does One Start?
A long-term project of mine is the the Sony Vaio new mainboard project. A year ago, I used it as an example to show you the cool new feature in …read more Continue reading Sony Vaio Revived: How Does One Start?
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Laptop GPU Upgrade With Just A Little Reballing
Modern gaming laptops are in an uncomfortable spot – often too underpowered for newest titles, but too bulky to be genuinely portable. It doesn’t help they’re not often upgradeable, so …read more Continue reading Laptop GPU Upgrade With Just A Little Reballing
Thinkpad 13 Gets NVMe Support With Three Jumpers
Hardware restrictions can be unreasonable, and at times, it can be downright puzzling just how arbitrary they are. Such is the case with the Lenovo ThinkPad 13 — it’s got …read more Continue reading Thinkpad 13 Gets NVMe Support With Three Jumpers
DIY Gaming Laptop Built Entirely With Desktop Parts
Gaming laptops often tend towards implementing more desktop-like hardware in the pursuit of pure grunt. But what if you were to simply buy desktop hardware yourself, and build your own gaming laptop? That …read more Continue reading DIY Gaming Laptop Built Entirely With Desktop Parts
Mechanical Keyboard + Laptop = Clacktop
What do you do when your laptop keyboard breaks for the second time? Well, most people might use an external keyboard until they couldn’t take it anymore and bought a …read more Continue reading Mechanical Keyboard + Laptop = Clacktop
An MXM Take On The 3dfx Voodoo
[sdz] of Vogons forum brings us an unexpected device for the 21st century – a 3dfx Voodoo 4 card in MXM format, equipped with 64MB of RAM. This isn’t just …read more Continue reading An MXM Take On The 3dfx Voodoo
Give Your Thinkpad X1 Nano An Internal USB Port
How hard could it be to add an extra USB port inside your laptop? As [Joshua Stein] shows, it can be decently hard, but you will have fun along the …read more Continue reading Give Your Thinkpad X1 Nano An Internal USB Port
Printing a Replacement Case for the ThinkPad 701c
Even among ThinkPads, which are nearly universally loved by hardware hackers and Linux tinkerers alike, the 701c is a particularly rare and desirable machine. Best known for it’s “butterfly” slide …read more Continue reading Printing a Replacement Case for the ThinkPad 701c
MXM: Powerful, Misused, Hackable
Today, we’ll look into yet another standard in the embedded space: MXM. It stands for “Mobile PCI Express Module”, and is basically intended as a GPU interface for laptops with …read more Continue reading MXM: Powerful, Misused, Hackable
Pinkpad, A DIY Laptop You Must Print In Pink
Looking to build a laptop all on your own? Check out the Pinkpad, a DIY laptop project that as if appeared out of nowhere, gives you a based on an …read more Continue reading Pinkpad, A DIY Laptop You Must Print In Pink