CD/DVD drive - swap for USB hub?

Stinicker · 2012-01-26 23:56:24

Hi Guys, My cousin has a Toshiba laptop and her house is pretty chaotic with the baby and young kids and between them they have managed to break all the USB ports in the laptop, and a USB memory and Vodafone stick also. I am pretty sure that the USB are onto the motherboard which makes it practically unfixable without…

27-01-2012 12:56AM

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Stinicker

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Hi Guys,

My cousin has a Toshiba laptop and her house is pretty chaotic with the baby and young kids and between them they have managed to break all the USB ports in the laptop, and a USB memory and Vodafone stick also.

I am pretty sure that the USB are onto the motherboard which makes it practically unfixable without replacing the motherboard and on a €300 laptop there is almost no point.

The laptop dosen't have a PCI slot so it now has no USB slots or internet connectivity as they are Vodafone mobile dependent. I was wondering is it possible to buy a module where I could replace the CD/DVD drive with a USB hub or even better replace the CD drive with a cd drive and usb on it?

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#2 27-01-2012 01:02AM

BostonB

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Whats the point they'll just break it.

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#3 27-01-2012 09:51AM

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Get a router with a usb port in it for a dongle.

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