Clevo P775TM1-G Spare USB Lanes

[DoenerBoy123]

Hello folks!

 

I’m currently modding my Clevo’s keyboard. Like on lots of these machines, my keyboard backlight burned out, and I’m not in the mood at all to buy a new keyboard just because of that. So far, I’ve completely replaced the stock LED strip with an addressable one. It works as intended and is a huge upgrade over the stock LEDs, but it’s still far from perfect. I’m controlling the LEDs with a Nollie 1 controller, which works with either SignalRGB or OpenRGB, completely bypassing Clevo’s crappy software.

The problem I’m facing now is finding an unused USB port to connect the controller to. I thought about using the webcam or fingerprint reader data lines, but I don’t want to lose any features for this mod.

So, the big question: does anyone know of unused pads on the motherboard that I could connect the controller to? That would be awesome for this mod! I’ll post a follow-up once I’m done with it.

 

Thanks!

[incendery]

Hey mate sounds like a great project!

Here's  a link to the service manual / schematic for the board, you might be able to find something unused on here 

https://www.e-weekly.co.uk/download/rnd/drivers/clevo/p775tm1/esm.pdf?lce