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Go in and repaste the cpu, dust out the fan and see if you can remove the battery and still have the thing run before you do this.
the last time i took apart a laptop, it wouldn't work again when i put it back together so i'm not going to tempt fate again. lol
You should not use a laptop as a server in that case.
Lithium batteries in laptops can degrade in a way that builds up a significant amount of flammable hydrogen gas. It explodes!
Even if there is no catastrophe, the computer will run slowly and get hot because its old thermal paste isn’t doing enough to keep the cpu cool.