# Upgrading/hacking a Mini with a Touch Screen

**URL:** <https://forum.electra.one/t/upgrading-hacking-a-mini-with-a-touch-screen/4561>\
**Category:** General discussion\
**Created:** [August 19, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/upgrading-hacking-a-mini-with-a-touch-screen/4561 "2026-08-19T18:09:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quelectra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f475e1/32.png) [@Quelectra](https://forum.electra.one/u/Quelectra)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/upgrading-hacking-a-mini-with-a-touch-screen/4561/1 "2026-08-19T18:09:20Z")

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Would it be feasible for me (end user) to upgrade the Mini with a different screen that had touch?

- Would this be foolish from a simple DIY perspective and involve deep surgery like cutting traces, updating power regulators/usb, surface mount soldering, etc?
- Is there a connector/pad that I could connect the touch controller to the Mini PC?
- Would there be physical space/mounts in the mini case to accomodate a touch screen variant.

I know I’d likely be responsible for firmware changes … which would be possible once the openc source version is buildable.

I’m finding many use cases are complicate by the need to move a selector on a the creen and then edit. Direct manipulation works so well.

I assume an official, upgraded version of a mini with touch is just fantasy at this point.