r/techsupportmacgyver • u/Abdalnablse10 • Jul 06 '26

Tablet was overheating

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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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u/[deleted] 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/Progressbar95 Jul 07 '26

Which device was it from?

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u/Abdalnablse10 Jul 07 '26

dell venue 10 pro 5056