Ideas for how to repurpose a half broken laptop (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Presi300@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

64 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Due to unfortunate circumstances (me dropping the laptop) I have now ended up with a half broken laptop that has a broken screen and a dying battery. I could repair it, however, I don't wanna bother as I'm very likely gonna be getting a new one soon.

The laptop itself still works fine, however the broken screen and dying battery make it pretty much useless as a laptop and I already have a home lab NAS thing, so I'm kinda out of ideas on what to do with it. Any ideas?

Here are the specs:

CPU: i5-8300h

GPU: intel HD830/GTX1050ti

RAM: 16GB

Storage: 128GB SSD

(page 2) 16 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

I usually just harvest usable parts like the hard drive and camera and call it a day.

Alternatively, if you're able to plug an external monitor in and get it to work for setup, you could install some sort of Linux distro on it and run it headless for lots of different purposes.

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Camera?

Like a Webcam camera? What's the use case? Can you map the pins to a SPC like a raspi or ardrino?

[-] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah it's relatively easy to reuse most webcam cameras, you just have to get them connected to a USB cable, then most computers will immediately recognize them as cameras.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

Sell or donate for parts. If you don't have a use for it, someone likely does and it's better than landfill.

[-] Teon@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

Install a Linux Distro. Connect to external monitor, plug power into wall.
Use it for a dedicated torrenting machine or use it as a test machine for whatever you like. If you kill it, whatever.
Otherwise I would just take that SSD out and recycle the machine.

[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Email server and password vault This is something that should be a physical object in your own home. And it should be only that (ok, maybe include a notes and calendar app but keep it simple, stupid)

load more comments

this post was submitted on 09 Mar 2024

46 points (91.1% liked)

Selfhosted

40135 readers

79 users here now

A place to share alternatives to popular online services that can be self-hosted without giving up privacy or locking you into a service you don't control.

Rules:

Be civil: we're here to support and learn from one another. Insults won't be tolerated. Flame wars are frowned upon.
No spam posting.
Posts have to be centered around self-hosting. There are other communities for discussing hardware or home computing. If it's not obvious why your post topic revolves around selfhosting, please include details to make it clear.
Don't duplicate the full text of your blog or github here. Just post the link for folks to click.
Submission headline should match the article title (don’t cherry-pick information from the title to fit your agenda).
No trolling.

Resources:

selfh.st Newsletter and index of selfhosted software and apps
awesome-selfhosted software
awesome-sysadmin resources
Self-Hosted Podcast from Jupiter Broadcasting

Any issues on the community? Report it using the report flag.

Questions? DM the mods!

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

HybridSarcasm@lemmy.world

HybridSarcasm@lemmy.hybridsarcasm.xyz