It ought to be easy to mount the Syncrosoft usb dongle internally on a pc, but has anyone here managed to do so with a laptop? Its just an idea, but I hate having to carry the thing around - I'm fearful of losing it or snapping it off - breaking the dongle and/or the usb port....I've just resolved one dongle issue via a rather painful and time-consuming process and I'd love to bury the damn thing somewhere inside my notebook so I can forget about it. Ideas anyone?............LL
"lancelightning" <> wrote in message news:... > It ought to be easy to mount the Syncrosoft usb dongle internally on a > pc, but has anyone here managed to do so with a laptop? Its just an > idea, but I hate having to carry the thing around - I'm fearful of > losing it or snapping it off - breaking the dongle and/or the usb > port....I've just resolved one dongle issue via a rather painful and > time-consuming process and I'd love to bury the damn thing somewhere > inside my notebook so I can forget about it. Ideas > anyone?............LL > Put the whole thing into a larger case? http://www.anvilcase.com/products/specials.html
S.O.D.D.I. wrote: > "lancelightning" <> wrote in message > news:... >> It ought to be easy to mount the Syncrosoft usb dongle internally on >> a pc, but has anyone here managed to do so with a laptop? Its just an >> idea, but I hate having to carry the thing around - I'm fearful of >> losing it or snapping it off - breaking the dongle and/or the usb >> port....I've just resolved one dongle issue via a rather painful and >> time-consuming process and I'd love to bury the damn thing somewhere >> inside my notebook so I can forget about it. Ideas >> anyone?............LL >> > > Put the whole thing into a larger case? > > http://www.anvilcase.com/products/specials.html Well, a friend of mine (actually a Logic user, but also needs to carry a USB dongle) uses a simple aluminum suitcase, into which he puts his ibook, power supply and the dongle. If necessary, also an external HD and some print notes for the recording session. Not necessarily cheaper than what you linked, but a more easy to find alternative. Anyway, Lance rather wants something that he can even insert inside his notebook´s case, which will probably be more problematic. If it were a desktop/tower type case, the answer would be easy: use one of the on-board connectors for external USB slots, put the dongle onto it, somehow fix it onto the connector (maybe with hot glue or something like that) and mount it somehow inside the case. With a notebook case, where there´s almost no space left inside the case, things become a whole lot more difficult... The main key is to pay real good attention when you pack up your stuff for out-of-home sessions... Sorry, if I can´t really help, but I don´t really have a good answer to the original question. If anybody else comes up with a good idea, I´m interested to hear/read about it. Phil
"lancelightning" <> wrote in message news:... > It ought to be easy to mount the Syncrosoft usb dongle internally on a > pc, but has anyone here managed to do so with a laptop? Its just an > idea, but I hate having to carry the thing around - I'm fearful of > losing it or snapping it off - breaking the dongle and/or the usb > port....I've just resolved one dongle issue via a rather painful and > time-consuming process and I'd love to bury the damn thing somewhere > inside my notebook so I can forget about it. Ideas > anyone?............LL It's not exactly ideal, but you can minimise the risk to your dongle snapping or damage to your laptop's USB ports by using a flexible USB male to female extension lead and at least that way you can put your dongle somewhere that's relatively safe and out of the way. I use a variation on this theme with one of the small cheap Teknika USB hubs from Tesco (about £7 GBP) and I mount a couple of Steinberg keys as well as an iLok key.
On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:11:21 +0100, "nickm" <> wrote: > >"lancelightning" <> wrote in message >news:... >> It ought to be easy to mount the Syncrosoft usb dongle internally on a >> pc, but has anyone here managed to do so with a laptop? Its just an >> idea, but I hate having to carry the thing around - I'm fearful of >> losing it or snapping it off - breaking the dongle and/or the usb >> port....I've just resolved one dongle issue via a rather painful and >> time-consuming process and I'd love to bury the damn thing somewhere >> inside my notebook so I can forget about it. Ideas >> anyone?............LL > >It's not exactly ideal, but you can minimise the risk to your dongle >snapping or damage to your laptop's USB ports by using a flexible USB male >to female extension lead and at least that way you can put your dongle >somewhere that's relatively safe and out of the way. I use a variation on >this theme with one of the small cheap Teknika USB hubs from Tesco (about £7 >GBP) and I mount a couple of Steinberg keys as well as an iLok key. Thanks for the suggestions guys..I may consider a case though I think the extention cable is probably my best option. My main concern is that I don't damage the dongle/port (I'm clumsy like that!!)...To do surgery inside an already cramped notebook is probably not such a good idea.......LL
