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    Help adding an internal fingerprint scanner

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Lmaster, Jul 30, 2015.

  1. Lmaster

    Lmaster Newbie

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    Long story short: I want to take an external USB fingerprint scanner and slip it inside of my laptop.

    I have an ASUS ROG G75VW and am already comfortable poking around its internals but haven't gone as far as to permanently alter the hardware itself before.

    I was inspired by this guide for a Dell mini and I wanted to see if anyone here had attempted something like this and could offer guidance.

    I'm hoping to place it on the bottom right corner of the base but I guess I'll have to make do with wherever there is space.

    Here's the scanner that I have in mind.
     
    Lmaster, Jul 30, 2015
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  2. pitz

    pitz Notebook Deity

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    First off, those fingerprint scanners are a lot more lame than they appear to be at first. Secondly, you need to have a pretty good idea of the internals to even come up with a plan to integrate it. Not to mention, decent skill/patience in hacking away at plastic.

    Have you ever done a complete teardown of your laptop before, and successfully reassembled it? I'd say that's a pre-requisite before tackling something like this.

    I recently did a mod of my Latitude D830, to add an active GPS antenna. The trade-off was the loss of use of the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot. But I was confident that if royally messed it up, I could buy an entire bezel on eBay for $20 shipped. I'm not so sure that there's many Asus parts on eBay for cheap if you mess yours up.
     
    pitz, Aug 3, 2015
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  3. Kent T

    Kent T Notebook Virtuoso

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    I recently did a mod of my Latitude D830, to add an active GPS antenna. The trade-off was the loss of use of the PCMCIA/Cardbus slot. But I was confident that if royally messed it up, I could buy an entire bezel on eBay for $20 shipped. I'm not so sure that there's many Asus parts on eBay for cheap if you mess yours up.[/QUOTE]

    Truer words have never been said! You mess up the Asus, parts will be slow in coming. I'd leave her be.
     
    Kent T, Aug 3, 2015
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    the best way is to change the palmrest to the one that has scanner and just plug it in. but if your model doesnt have that option youre out of luck.
    p.s. yes these scanners are lame :)
     
    ipumi, Aug 7, 2015
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  5. Kent T

    Kent T Notebook Virtuoso

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    Don't think his Asus ever offered one as an internally installed option, would be glad to be proven wrong however.
     
    Kent T, Aug 8, 2015
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