Turn a Broken Laptop Motherboard Into a Silent Home Server

We’ve often sung the praises of having your own home server for quiet backup, torrenting and other services. But, if you don’t want to build a new computer, DIYer Darknezz shows us how he put together a home server out of nothing but a broken laptop’s motherboard.

The laptop used for this particular project was in mostly working order, but was having trouble outputting a signal to the laptop’s screen. After replacing the motherboard, Darknezz kept the old motherboard — which otherwise worked fine — plugged it into the wall, gave it an external power button, and turned it into a seriously quiet, low-powered home server. Of course, you’d probably want to put it in some sort of casing, but it’s amazing what you can do with an old broken part. Hit the link to see more.

Laptop Motherboard Reborn as a Low-Wattage Server [Hack a Day]


The Cheapest NBN 50 Plans

Here are the cheapest plans available for Australia’s most popular NBN speed tier.

At Lifehacker, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you'll like too. We have affiliate and advertising partnerships, which means we may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page. BTW – prices are accurate and items in stock at the time of posting.

Comments


6 responses to “Turn a Broken Laptop Motherboard Into a Silent Home Server”

Leave a Reply