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VGA-to-USB Adapter Spawns New Power-only USB Port
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
... This guy went through some troubles to add a power-only USB port to his netbook by modding a nifty adapter that borrows electricity from a VGA port. This adapter is going to come in handy when your existing USB devices have occupied all the ports on a notebook, and one of your power hungry device (e.g. ...
Conceptually simple hack turns VGA port into power-only USB socket
Engadget —
... Seriously, it should be a Class 1 felony that there's no way to buy this. Okay, so maybe that's a stretch, but we can't get over how genius this is. As the old adage asserts, the best solutions are spawned from the most perplexing quandaries, and when one hacker ...
Simple Hack Adds Power-Charge USB Slot to VGA Socket [Hack]
Gizmodo —
... Sometimes the simplest hacks are the most useful: If you've got a laptop with limited USB ports and you're in the market for something small and handy to let you charge a device over USB, then this is for you. All it takes is a male-male VGA adapter, a spare USB socket and some accurate soldering: it's all in the Instructable. Neat. [Instructables] ...
Simple DIY VGA to USB power adapter
Boing Boing Gadgets —
There's something so beautifully simple about this Instructables hack: simply take a male VGA-VGA adapter and solder it to a spare USB socket, then plug it in. Voila! A USB charger for your laptop. Not, perhaps, universally useful, but for easy phone or MP3 player charging on the road, this seems plenty useful.
VGA to USB Power [Instructables]
VGA to USB power mod
MAKE Magazine —
... This Instructable details a simple little hack to get USB power out of a VGA port, to power external disc drives, DVD players, and the like. All you need is a male to male VGA gender changer and a female plug from any old USB extension cable.
VGA to USB power!
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USB power from your VGA port
Hack a Day —
... [gmgfarrand] needed an extra USB port to power some devices. Since he just needed power, and no data, he slapped together this quick adapter that pulls power from the vga port instead. While we’re not sure if this could possibly damage your video card if you pull too much power from it, we’re happy to see someone being original. That VGA port goes unused so often, this adapter might just make it a tad more useful. ...
Turn your VGA port into a powered USB
jkOnTheRun —
... This little project over at Instructables is right up the alley of netbook owners. I love how every netbook I can think off offers a VGA port so you can make use of a larger, external monitor when the need arises. Let's face it though: when you're mobile with a netbook (isn't that why you bought it?), you're not getting anything of value from the VGA jack. Why let it lie peacefully sleeping while you and the USB ports are toiling away when a little bit of elbow grease and soldering can turn this into an extra, powered USB port? The short process looks relatively painless, even ...
VGA to USB Mod
Asus Eee News, Mods, and Hacks —
... If you are the type of user who very rarely uses the VGA port on your netbook but keeps running out of USB ports, Instructables has just the right mod for you. They have a step-by-step instructions, complete with photos, on how to convert the VGA port into another USB port. ...
