A USB hub that fits into a laptop's 3.5 floppy bay?

Does anyone know if such a thing exists? I want to replace the floppy disk drive on my laptop with something much more useful, such as a usb hub. The problem is, I can't seem to find something like that anywhere. Does anyone know if it even exists?

 

PCMCIA cards with USB ports do exist... No idea about modular bay hubs...

 

Those bays have proprietary designed, so you'll only find a USB hub if the original vendor ever made one.

My guess is that you'll be looking into PCMCIA solutions very soon.

 

Heh, thanks. I already looked at PCMCIA solutions and I don't like the fact it sticks out. I already regret getting a PCMCIA wireless adapter instead of a mini-card (Yes this laptop is old enough that it didn't come with a wireless card).

Anyway, I guess I'll just have to settle with the 3 USB 1.1 ports (YES, 1.1, not 2.0 lol) in the back. It's just so inconvenient to reach back there all the time.

PS: USB 1.1 is SO DAMN SLOW.

 

Wow, what are you using if you don't mind me asking? When I grabbed my VAIO four years ago I think wireless was basically standard then Though I do have a buddy who bought an HP a little bit before me that didn't get a WLAN card.

 

Sounds like you're working on an old piece of hardware, Noob.

It's amazing how well things hold up over the years.

 

i in no way approve of the MODS made in the following link.. start with old un-needed lappy just to practice and learn.. or pay an expert... (not me)

http://beta.ivancover.com/wiki/index.php/Eee_PC_Internal_Upgrades

look at what this guy did to an EeePc...

if he can squeeze all that in a 7" notebook,,, surely you can find room in that lappy of yours for an internal hub modification


later,
bigO


i just love that page....

 

Haha, actually I got this laptop for free. It's a Toshiba Satellite 2400 00UJXP. It originally belonged to my sister's friend. She bought it in 2003 I think. Anyway, she messed it up and told me to fix it for her (she caught a whole bunch of viruses and windows wouldn't boot and stuff), but before I had time to work on it she went and bought herself a new HP and she just gave this one to me lol.

I'm surprised this thing is still holding up. It's gotta be at least 5 years old. It has a Pentium 4 1.6GHz. A Toshiba motherboard that doesn't have the nice BIOS that we have today and it barely has any options in it. It doesn't allow any kind of customization (over/underclocking, over/undervolting, etc; I've tried SpeedFan and RMClock). But it's good enough for my university. schoolwork.

I think I'll just forget about added USB 2.0 ports to this lappy. I dun really want more stuff sticking out. The wireless adapter is already too much

EDIT:
P.S. The motherboard will not allow more then 512MB RAM. The laptop came with 256 and I bought a single 512 chip hoping to make it 768MB (so that the original 256MB doesn't go to waste) but lol it won't let me use it. So i just took out the 256 and I'm currently using a single 512MB.

I also painted it.