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Frankenport Express
December 11, 2006 22:04
A while ago my Apple Airport Express died, like
so many others. At the time I
just plugged a cable into my laptop and forgot
about it for awhile, but now that I got my Wii I
wanted wireless internet again. Checking out the
infos on hardmac.com, I've found that it's most likely just
a dead (internal) powersupply, so I bought a
small hacksaw and sawed the Airport Express open
(they could build tanks from that glued together
plastic armor they used for it), then hooked it
up to external 3.3V + 5V power sources. Here's
the result:
And yes, it's working again. Typing in a WPA key with the Wii's virtual keyboard wasn't fun though :-P
UPDATE: Not only has it survived more than 24h like this, but the green LED which previously refused to light up (it simply turned off after the orange startup phase) started working again today.
And yes, it's working again. Typing in a WPA key with the Wii's virtual keyboard wasn't fun though :-P
UPDATE: Not only has it survived more than 24h like this, but the green LED which previously refused to light up (it simply turned off after the orange startup phase) started working again today.
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