Removing Parallel/Serial Ports?

[psxpaul]

Hey, I think I saw a project here where someone physically removed the parallel and serial ports from his motherboard in order to save on room. Does anyone here know what I'm talking about or have a link to something similar? I need the extra space for my next project, so I was thinking of doing it, but I don't want to screw my board up. Thanks.

 

[Vertigo Acid]

I've sucessfully done this on a board i'm using as a router. Took everything off except the PS/2 Ports. Didn't even de-solder, just ripped them off. YMMV

 

[SarverSystems]

Rip them off? Yikes!

I'd hiiiiiiiiiighly suggest desoldering.

 

[beamrider]

Why desolder? It's not like you run the risk of ripping internal traces in a multi-layer PCB or anything.........lolol

Some Soder-Wick will come in handy here, I think.............

 

[SarverSystems]

How much space do they really take up anyways?

 

[CrimandEvil]

Like this?

 

[Adisharr]

Too bad the guy thought he needed all nine pins. I never run into anything that needs the RTS/CTS pins anymore - just the TXD / RXD and ground.

 

[CrimandEvil]

Originally posted by Adisharr
Too bad the guy thought he needed all nine pins. I never run into anything that needs the RTS/CTS pins anymore - just the TXD / RXD and ground.

I wish I had the guts to do that right now. I guess I should start working on my soldering agian.

 

[Shinare]

Originally posted by Adisharr
Too bad the guy thought he needed all nine pins. I never run into anything that needs the RTS/CTS pins anymore - just the TXD / RXD and ground.

My BG Micro 20x2 needed only one pin from the serial connectior.

 

[Adisharr]

It never hurts to bring the ground over although in many cases it's shared anyway.

 

[Vertigo Acid]

... Well, this is also the board that I took my dremmel's sanding discs to the sides to remove ~1cm from each side to make it fit in my mod

Pentium Pro 200, runs great, well for a router!