GitHub - WilliamAktaa0/2013_Acer_AspireE1-571G-Homeserver: Documenting how I turned my old 2013 Acer Aspire E1-571G into a homeserver and a general guide on how to turn your old laptop/computer into a simple, lightweight retro homeserver
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Documenting how I turned my old 2013 Acer Aspire E1-571G into a homeserver and a general guide on how to turn your old laptop/computer into a simple, lightweight retro homeserver - WilliamAktaa0/20...

I setup pihole and jellyfin on it and currently I’m working on a creative webrevival personal website to host on it.

Tips, feedback, and suggestions are highly appreciated.

    • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      19 hours ago

      how did you handle the heat dissipation and the battery capacity depression?

      i ask because i’m considering doing the same thing.

      • Valarie@lemmygrad.ml
        2·
        17 hours ago

        as long as you arent pushing it too had a wire rack or one of the laptop cooling plates work well but i am not sure what would be best if you are pushing harder than that

        and i pretty much constantly kept it plugged in when it was online so battery capacity was not a major concern for my use case.

        • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          6 hours ago

          it would be public facing so the loads seem to come at random when bot nets try to brute force their way in from time to time – i have no control over it.

          • Valarie@lemmygrad.ml
            1·
            5 hours ago

            i dont know how to manage a public server but for a little home lab server it worked half decent

      • TrollAccount69@lemmy.ml
        1·
        16 hours ago

        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.

        • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          6 hours ago

          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

          • TrollAccount69@lemmy.ml
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            1 hour ago

            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.