==> USB/SD/LAN Cover?

Hello,

have been looking for quite a while now...does anyone know about plastic-covers for abovementioned ports? I wanna keep my a150 clean, and I don´t use all of them at once...is there a source?

Looking for white ones.

Regards,
Woolf

 

Anyone???

 

what exactly do you mean cover? like when you want to cover a wall plug and you use one of those plasting fake plugs so its flat on the outside? wow where do you have you AAO and its so dusty? :shock:

 

thank you very much for your contribution, but my question is still unanswered.

 

It could very well be that no covers exist for all of the ports you wish to cover; however, one can make some plugs that will cover your port openings.

CAUTION: Perform this at your own risk and peril. Read all of the instructions and warnings that come with the packaged products.

You will need the following items or suitable substitutes. You can probably find all of these items at Walmart.

a. A package of cotton swabs.
b. A bottle of isopropyl alcohol.
c. A spool of dental floss.
d. A cutting tool (pair of scissors or a sharp knife.)
e. A tube of mold release.
f. A tube of white GE Silicon RTV.
g. A spudger if you can find one, if not, a new or clean used popsicle stick will do.

Make sure you read and understand all of the following steps before proceeding.
Assemble all of the item on the list as well as your AAO.

1. Moisten a cotton swab lightly in the alcohol then clean the area in and around the port throughly with the moistened swab. When you are finished, inspect the end of the swab you used to clean with. If it is soiled then repeat this step with a clean new swab until the swab used to clean the port is no longer soiled. Allow the cleaned area to dry.

2. Open the tube of mold release, squeeze the tube to apply the mold release onto a clean cotton swab, then using the swab, lightly apply a coating of mold release to the inside of the port and around the outside surface area of the port for about 1 inch (25 mm.)

3. Take up the dental floss and the cutting tool. Reel off and cut enough dental floss to be able to tie it in a loop with a diameter of about 1 to 1-1/2 inches (25 to 38 mm.) Tie the loop then stuff the knotted end of the loop into the center of the port leaving the bulk of the loop outside of the port.

4. Open the tube of RTV then squeeze enough of the RTV into the port and onto the area outside of the port previously coated with mold release. Apply enough RTV so that it builds up and protrudes out beyond the surface about 1/8 inch (3 mm.) Now take the spudger and smooth the surface of the RTV so that it is flat or slightly convex. Allow the RTV to cure.

5. After you have ascertained the RTV has cured completely, grasp the loop and tug on it gently. The cured RTV plug should come right out. Taking care not to cut or nick the loop, use the cutting tool to trim the excess RTV from the RTV plug into a shape that is geometrically similar but slightly larger than the port. You now have a plug for your port. To use you just stuff the plug into the port; to remove just pull on the loop.

6. Clean the port once again as you did in Step 1. making sure any excess RTV that maybe in the port is removed in the process.

7. Make sure the port is still operative by plugging in one of your peripherals then booting your machine. Determine if the peripheral operates as it should. If not repeat Step 6 and Step 7 until your peripheral is operational.

8. Repeat Step 1 - 7 for each port you want to have plugged.

I hope this helps. Good luck.

Author takes no responsibility for any damage to equipment or individuals incurred while performing the procedures above.

 

it wasnt not so much a contribution as much as a question, i wasnt being sarcastic, i was just trying to understand your problem so maybe i could look online somewhere..seriously..

 

Why not use some tape? So it's easy on and it doesn't risk the change of getting stuck or gumming up the internals. we used to do that with the though books in hummers.