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The CPU fan went out on my laptop. I ordered a replacement and set about replacing it. Well, due to some drop damage (not my fault, but that's another story), the case disintegrated as I got it apart. It was obvious that Humpty Dumpty wasn't going back together again.

I ordered a new laptop but I felt like it would be a waste to just toss the old components. I found that I could get an ITX motherboard that could use the old laptop's processor and memory. So I'm going to end up cobbling together a new desktop out of some salvaged parts, a motherboard I got off of eBay, and a new case to house it all. These are the specs:

2nd Gen i7 processor
8 gb ddr3 ram
1 tb hard drive
ATI Radeon 6870 Graphics card

So, a decent little build, but I don't really have a use for another computer. Any ideas?

You could use it for a security system, that storage would be good.

Lots of cheap SATA drives and network storage/owncloud

Flying or racing simulator.

Arcade emulator.

Connect to a TV, cut the cord and stream TV.

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Originally Posted by legion (Post 10131881)

Must be something going around. Fan on my laptop made some noise and locked up last week. After watching a how to on youtube I decided it was not worth the trouble. Got a refurbed Dell off ebay. 240 gig SSD, I7 processor , 8 gigs of RAM amd Windows 7. I almost never use Windows and did not want to deal with Windows 10 so my choices were limited.

Oh, for what it's worth my dell laptop fan stopped also. Software problem, not hardware. Went into diagnostics on boot up, and I could turn it on and off manually. As I recall reflashing the bios fixed it.

In my case, I could hear the bearing grinding for weeks before the fan finally gave way. It wasn't a surprise when it happened.

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Originally Posted by legion (Post 10131881)

Well, I always try to compartmentalize online activities. For example, there is Tumblr viewing. If you've ever wondered what hot lesbians do when nobody is supposedly watchin, well, you prolly don't want to do that on the village PC...

Then there is craigslist. Have a neighbor that pisses you off? Post their crap on craigslist for free. Coordinate for when they're not home using google voice tied to a burner phone plus burner email address. Only connect to public WiFi. Good times great fun.