A huge upshot to using a laptop is you have a built-in UPS and KVM.
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- shirasho@feddit.onlineEnglish3 months
Thanks for reminding me i have a craptop in storage thst i can use for a server.
- B0rax@feddit.orgEnglish3 months
You are right. But I actually don’t know why… I was told (as a non native speaker) that „an“ is always used when the next word starts with a vocal. But „use“ seems to be an exception.
- NachBarcelona@piefed.socialEnglish3 months
If it starts like “you” (universe, unity, …) then it’s just “a” 🤜🤛
3 monthsit only works as a UPS if you periodically discharge the battery. My first “server” was a compaq laptop, I had used it for years and then reprovisioned it to Ubuntu Server, after 2 or 3 years of 24/7 if you unplugged it at all it just instant died because keeping it 100% charged all the time killed the battery.
- hexagonwin@lemmy.todayEnglish3 months
one should cap the battery at 70% or smth if keeping it connected 24/7
I had one active a good while back. To quote Buddy Guy ‘…ain’t nuthin’ wrong with that.’ Hell, I have a 15 year old, self build computer. I use it daily. It works, and pretty well too.
If you haven’t already, I’d see if you can run it sans battery, just power cord. Reason being, old laptop batteries can be a hazard. They can swell and burst, they can over heat,. In some cases, they can become a fire hazard. Best to be safe.
If you’ve already done so, then awesome , and ignore the second paragraph. Is this your first foray into selfhosting?
- 3 months
Ideally see if you can do a battery charge limit. Lithium batteries are happiest around 40-60% charge. If you can limit it that low then you keep your built in UPS, don’t risk the CPU running at a crawl, and the battery is happy. Even just the normal 80% that good laptops offer will be sufficient.
Well, that’s something to think about. I’ve always thought it best to take mine out. Tempting fate and all that.
- N0x0n@lemmy.mlEnglish3 months
Wow… Never thought about this ! To bad my battery died years ago ! Craptop still going strong though 👍💪
- hexagonwin@lemmy.todayEnglish3 months
some machines restrict cpu clock speed if there’s no battery fyi. my 2008 macbook does this
- early_riser@lemmy.worldEnglish3 months
CF-53
I bought it used from Amazon about 5 years ago, so it hasn’t been in my possession the whole time. It was likely used enterprise/industrial stock. Judging by how one of the modifier keys is stuck it was well-used. The seller replaced the original hard drive with an SSD and the battery may have been replaced as well.
Prior to becoming my home lab it was my ham shack computer running win 10.
- esc@piefed.socialEnglish3 months
This is the way to do it in my opinion. There is always an old computer laying somwhere in your house.
Not 15 year old laptops. Like that’s 32nm Sandy bridge or even older
- hexagonwin@lemmy.todayEnglish3 months
i use many sandy bridge laptops (mostly xx20 thinkpads) and they seem pretty ok to me. newer machine is probably much more efficient but these machines are not that power hungry compared to desktops.
