rockhandle@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoAnyone else use their crappy old laptops to host servers? lollemmy.worldimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down11
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minus-squarepenguin_knight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoi disaseemble all my laptops so they are just a motherboard, screw them into sheets of MDF, place vertically, and use them as servers. NAS, pihole, plex, etc
minus-squarelom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoYou have a tutorial? That sounds awesome.
minus-squareBitlummo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThis article talks about turning a laptop into a rack mounted computer. Each computer will be different recreating something like this based off what ports it has and where.
i disaseemble all my laptops so they are just a motherboard, screw them into sheets of MDF, place vertically, and use them as servers.
NAS, pihole, plex, etc
You have a tutorial? That sounds awesome.
This article talks about turning a laptop into a rack mounted computer. Each computer will be different recreating something like this based off what ports it has and where.