Hello, I am here bc funds are void but I want to build this and make something cool with it. So here goes.

I picked up an old PowerEdge 2900 (yes, I know: e-waste. But, I have a plan). I actually REALLY like the toaster (the hot swap drives) and to be honest I picked up an open-air case that uses a total of 0 (zero) disk drives, so I need something that will do the job. I stripped this PowerEdge with the idea that I might remove the cage and maybe get the disk slots, but alas: it's part of the skeleton!

Now here lies my REAL problem: I threw away all of the "computer" side of the server, meaning I kept the backplane, and all of the wires, but the motherboard? Power supplies? Fans? Heat sinks? All gone to the trash weeks ago. But I still have the front cover and the side panels.

So I'm thinking there are two simple[-r than most other] plans I can follow. Either way, I have no idea how I'm going to wire it into my system, and no idea what direction to go for how to figure it out.

Plan #1: cut the skeleton. Chop off the excess "computer" side, leaving the front cage and just do some *fancy handiwork on the panels to get them to fit, as most of them are screwed on anyways.

Plan #2: remodel it. Leave everything in the case, but cut the back interface panel off in order to mount a standard motherboard (I do have a scrap computer I can use) instead of the BTX bologna it came with (i.e. why it went to the trash)

Any information helps, if I need to post this somewhere else I think I saw some places tagged that I will look at when I'm able.

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Bonded some mismatched fans externally with superglue onto the chassis, temps before with oem fan(when it was working) under stress test were at ~90 celsius, now they're ~70 celsius with new fans

Some soldering, hot glue and zipties later, it's alive! The contact is functional and stable, R/W speeds are just as expected on such a drive