How to Build a Home Network Server Using an Old Laptop

It originally looked like this, as shown:

What? You saw the watermark… Don’t mind these details.

Let’s briefly talk about the configuration:

Processor: i5 Dual-core Quad-thread

Memory: DDR4 4G

Hard Drive: 30G SSD + 500G HDD

Graphics Card: AMD Radeon R5M330 (2G video memory)

Since it’s a laptop motherboard, it also comes with built-in speakers, a wireless network card (which includes a Bluetooth module), etc.

Opening the cover:

WOC, it really dazzles your eyes.

Keyboard? Touchpad? Shell? Throw them all away.

That’s about it; the wooden board below is roughly the size of an A4 paper.

First, fix the motherboard onto the wooden board, like this, using long screws to penetrate, and tighten the nuts.

Next is the violent disassembly of the battery:

Such poor quality, the same battery as a power bank.

I have many too, haha.

Connect them to this module, which was taken from the original battery.

The semi-finished product looks like this.

Hmm, it’s acceptable; the battery life has increased fourfold, and removing the display doubles the battery life.

Put my small SSD on, and connect an external mechanical drive.

Like this:

Next, start installing the system and connect to the wireless network.

Initially, I only installed Ubuntu for programming, but later thought it was a bit of a waste.

Later I directly installed Win10.

Like this:

Let’s talk about a simple configuration for streaming movies online (a simple and crude method)

Click here to download phpstudy

After installation, download and open it.

Then enable “Allow Directory Browsing”.

Then select ‘Other Options Menu’, click “Website Root Directory” to open it as the website root directory.

Then put the downloaded movies and such into it.

Input your local IP on the terminal device to access it.

I chose “Dunkirk” here.

I won’t stop you if you choose a cute girl.

Some other utilization ideas:

1. For a more advanced online movie site, you can use phpstudy to set up a website that links to the movies you downloaded; it’s not difficult for friends who know how to set up websites, just download some source code and build it.

2. Install Thunder software and use it as a download server.

3. Build it into a file server.

4. If allowed by regional operators, you can use this to build a website service.

5. Upload your written code to run, for example, I write a Python crawler and put it up at night to check in the morning.

Advantages: low power consumption, built-in power supply during a power outage. Hehe, probably no one would dare to put regular content on this…

There are many methods to utilize it, so unleash your imagination!

Highlights

♡ How many years can programmers really work?

♡ The real job content of various positions in Internet companies

♡ An awkward interview and the legendary imagination of programmers!

♡ When it gets cold, programmers all wear plaid shirts

♡ The most genuine exposure of the industry’s hierarchy

♡ If the boss of an IT company falls into the water, how will employees from various departments save him?

♡ Battle of Fate: Programmer VS Product Manager

♡ As a front-end developer, how can you cleverly break a computer?

♡ The programmer and product manager got into a fight, this is a bloodbath caused by a requirement…

♡ The back-end said, you front-end don’t know how to use headers, I got angry!

♡ What is it like to have an amazing programmer girlfriend?

♡ The truth behind programmers often working overtime for many years has finally been revealed…