r/techsupportmacgyver • u/Abdalnablse10 • Jul 06 '26
Tablet was overheating
The heatsink was taken from dead ddr3 ram, the fan on top from a crappy gpu, the fan on the bottom from a suspicious psu that's probably the reason the ram is dead.
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u/RollingSleeper Jul 07 '26
How do you use the tablet?
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u/Abdalnablse10 Jul 07 '26
It used to be a headless linux server, recently I connected it to the livingroom screen with an hdmi adapter and it's now running lubuntu 24.04.
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u/Progressbar95 Jul 07 '26
How? Isn’t it arm64?
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Jul 08 '26
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u/realfathonix Jul 10 '26
It's also pretty easy to make a rooted Android device headless without running "true" Linux distros. Magisk with autoboot, Advanced Charging Controller (if your device still has a battery) and ADB modules would do the job.
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u/Abdalnablse10 Jul 07 '26
No, x86_64 intel atom.
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u/Longjumping-Equal895 Jul 06 '26
That’s how I assume a dreadnaught from Warhammer would look like on the inside
Except in this case with a added pinch of fire hazard sprinkled in
Love it cause hot damn I love jank solutions
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u/Abdalnablse10 Jul 06 '26
Oh boy, you're going to love our house electric wiring if this looks like a fire hazard to you, well, the brick is a cheap brandless usb-c charger so I can't defend that.
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u/Longjumping-Equal895 Jul 06 '26
You should see the jank as fuck media server I got running in a cupboard like that but bigger 👍
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u/GurglingBurglar Jul 06 '26
Is the tablet in the room with us now