Ok, i'd like to start off by giving all credit to the Hostmode development team and especially MohammadAG for making it possible and easy to run USB hostmode on the N900.

This is a tutorial on how to get USB hostmode to work even when you can't get your hands on those rare female-to-female usb cables. If you can get it then there is no need to read the rest of this post

Let's start then.
What you will need:
1. An old motherboard(never to be used again) with USB ports like the one's found in the pictures below.
2. A soldering iron.( I used a candle )
3. Pliers
4. Four Jumpers
5. Tape

Take the motherboard and melt away the soldering to remove the USB ports.


1. I don't have a soldering iron so i used a candle to melt the soldering(In the Red circles).


2. Use the pliers to gently pull it out.


3. Once removed, use the four jumpers to connect the opposing pins, and tape them in place.


Done! :-)

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Problems with the pictures? Linky linky no worky worky, not from where I'm sitting, although I will stand to be corrected if my works url filtering policy is to blame.....

It just doesn't seem to come out right. Do you know how i can fix it?

There we go. All cleaned up.

Sorry mate missed previous reply, grabbing lunch (nom nom nom).

Buuuump for the thread too

thats a cool idea , nice shall try that later if can find my old mother board !

great job

Im just trying to get the HDD's to work.

Cool! I love being cheap! I think I have one of the most ancient motherboards ever, that old pentium 1...

@ammyt If you fail or succeed, post your experiencing here :-)

Good job! Pentium 1 cracked up by ARM Cortex A8