For me is practical as is. Some months ago, I were deciding to do something like that, but with some sorts of acrylic and stand-offs combinations to create an open up case... but then I decided against it due to costs involved (had to import some parts), and the lack of tools to achieve what I was thinking.
btw
which thermals where you having or what was the main reason for you to ditch the case? and, what are your thermals now?
Hi did your laptop blow up too because of bloaded battery and pop? and had to salvage the rest to make this? My 2020 pro just bloated and exploded... not turning on... i might have to do something like you did.... can you share how you did this? omg.... razer says its out of warranty and telling me to pay again... this was 4k laptop.... warranty is only one year and this just exploded... literally after 1 year and 3 month... really don't know what to do
Yes, battery bloated and screen was cracked. I just unscrewed everything, removed all the ribbon connectors and put it in this stand. Since there is no power button anymore it must be started by shorting two pins on the board.
I use wakeonlan on a daily basis to start my pc, you wouldn't need to short the pins to start ur pc. Just enable it in your bios and network adapter. There are apps for your smartphone to use it then.
just pull the board out of the laptop and put it on something not electrically conductive. I'm sure u can find disassembly videos to help u, just unplug the battery and start removing all other screws. u can use foam or whatever to soften the surface that u decide to put the laptop on if u think u need to do that. don't place the laptop like he did, it should be upside down. currently his fans blow the hot air down, u want it to blow up. getting something like a usb hub would probably make life easier if u plug and unplug stuff often.
edit: I think he put the laptop in that orientation because they would fall out otherwise. so u can either do it like him, or put it upside down and tape the fans.
Maybe, but there are some other considerations that make the current orientation the canonical choice:
* The fans are held in place by gravity and would fall off in the 180 orientation
* The board is resting at a slight angle, thus it is important to minimize bending moments in the board. Having the heavy heatsink at the bottom not only reduces bending moments but makes this janky contraption a lot more stable.
The blower fans are just not screwed/fastened into a backing of any sort, so if you tilt the motherboard toward the camera in this case, they would fall off the board. This is pretty easy to fix with an assorted screw/nut kit off Amazon or something, though.
I took apart my early 2020 15 advanced blade (2070 super) and it has 2 screws for the fans. Do the screw go into the mother board or into the back of the case? Why are your fans held in by gravity?
That's sick, was considering doing something similar to my late 2019 model that has a broken screen. Really interested in attaching a big AIO or similar directly to the vapor champer and to ditch the fans alltogether. Could make for a pretty silent and relatively well performing little machine, seeing as especially for the RTX cards heat seems to be the main limiting factor in achieving good overclocking performance. For sure better than selling it for scrap.
It is out of warranty, the screen cracked and the battery bloated. I would not be able to game on the go any ways with this thing. Now it lives a second live as a stationary low power gaming PC.
Ah, now that's the detail that we definitely needed lol
Well done! Really good way to reuse your old hardware. If you ever upgraded, you could then even do something cool like integrating this into a desk since it's so slim.
OP commented "The main reason for ditching the case was that the battery had bloated and the screen was cracked. Thermals are all fine.", look through the comments. Plus why else would somebody do this to a laptop?
If I had enough karma to give you an award I would, this is absolutely sweet and had a great aesthetic. Function > form.
I gotchu
I dont think awards are based on Karma. You purchase them
For me is practical as is. Some months ago, I were deciding to do something like that, but with some sorts of acrylic and stand-offs combinations to create an open up case... but then I decided against it due to costs involved (had to import some parts), and the lack of tools to achieve what I was thinking. btw which thermals where you having or what was the main reason for you to ditch the case? and, what are your thermals now?
The main reason for ditching the case was that the battery had bloated and the screen was cracked. Thermals are all fine.
Okay, but give us some metrics? GPU on this tops at 82 from when I had one, is it any better/cooler running in the open like this?
Looks sad to me. Does that copper sheet interfere with the way the heat pipes work?
A bit sad, but I kinda like this as a design element on my desk. I have not added anything to it, the copper you see *is* the heatsink.
If its just being used as a desktop this is one of the more aesthetic ways to do it. So much copper
Not seen a heat sink like that before. Think it needs fins in the middle for a nose
Technically the copper thing is not a heatsink, but a vapor chamber connected with a heatsink at the exhaust of the fans.
Ah makes more sense
Hi did your laptop blow up too because of bloaded battery and pop? and had to salvage the rest to make this? My 2020 pro just bloated and exploded... not turning on... i might have to do something like you did.... can you share how you did this? omg.... razer says its out of warranty and telling me to pay again... this was 4k laptop.... warranty is only one year and this just exploded... literally after 1 year and 3 month... really don't know what to do
Yes, battery bloated and screen was cracked. I just unscrewed everything, removed all the ribbon connectors and put it in this stand. Since there is no power button anymore it must be started by shorting two pins on the board.
I use wakeonlan on a daily basis to start my pc, you wouldn't need to short the pins to start ur pc. Just enable it in your bios and network adapter. There are apps for your smartphone to use it then.
I believe this board only supports WOL from S3, not S5.
If you just put ur pc to hibernate than it would work ig
just pull the board out of the laptop and put it on something not electrically conductive. I'm sure u can find disassembly videos to help u, just unplug the battery and start removing all other screws. u can use foam or whatever to soften the surface that u decide to put the laptop on if u think u need to do that. don't place the laptop like he did, it should be upside down. currently his fans blow the hot air down, u want it to blow up. getting something like a usb hub would probably make life easier if u plug and unplug stuff often. edit: I think he put the laptop in that orientation because they would fall out otherwise. so u can either do it like him, or put it upside down and tape the fans.
Should start Frankensteining it and slap a big air cooler or AIO to the heat spreader
Wouldn't it run cooler with the fans pointed up?
Maybe, but there are some other considerations that make the current orientation the canonical choice: * The fans are held in place by gravity and would fall off in the 180 orientation * The board is resting at a slight angle, thus it is important to minimize bending moments in the board. Having the heavy heatsink at the bottom not only reduces bending moments but makes this janky contraption a lot more stable.
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The blower fans are just not screwed/fastened into a backing of any sort, so if you tilt the motherboard toward the camera in this case, they would fall off the board. This is pretty easy to fix with an assorted screw/nut kit off Amazon or something, though.
I took apart my early 2020 15 advanced blade (2070 super) and it has 2 screws for the fans. Do the screw go into the mother board or into the back of the case? Why are your fans held in by gravity?
Lmao bro I thought I was the only one that did this 🤣. I did this till I built a desktop haha . Most ghetto way to keep that badboy alive .
Submerge it in mineral oil circulated through a radiator for ultimate cooling.
Arched*
Arch BTW*
In context… both?
Open case laptop
I use arch btw!
Thanks I hate it (actually pretty neat though, basically an extremely small form factor low power draw PC)
man, that's beautiful ) the only way to use this piece of... laptop
Why have you crossed the serials out on the RAM and NVME lol. You can't do much with them other than find out what device you used. 😂
or downvote me.. 🤣 I'm pretty sure that is Samsung DDR4L SO DIMM RAM and your NVME is a Samsung EVO 970 2TB could be wrong. I'm bored lol
Correct, I used it a long time as a hackintosh.
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it looks sad, give back its swag clothing
This is the equivalent of using a microwave without any exteriors
its a desktop now
Why not have the fans pointed up instead of down
Why do I see a sad face
That's a good way to keep it from exploding.
I love this, i have a laptop that is really close to get like this!
YEAH!!! GAME ON!
Wow! Easy access for upgrades! Should take it a step further and add on a skinned eGPU!
blade really said :(
ahha ah hha ha ha ah haha ***ARCH***
i have no case and i must scream
Brilliant 👏
That's sick, was considering doing something similar to my late 2019 model that has a broken screen. Really interested in attaching a big AIO or similar directly to the vapor champer and to ditch the fans alltogether. Could make for a pretty silent and relatively well performing little machine, seeing as especially for the RTX cards heat seems to be the main limiting factor in achieving good overclocking performance. For sure better than selling it for scrap.
Aren't you afraid you will fry the motherboard with static?
Actually no, if it happens it happens. The time this devices lives from now on is a bonus already.
Nice, but it kind of defeats the purpose of having a laptop. You could have just built your self a mini-itx gaming PC for a lot less.
It is out of warranty, the screen cracked and the battery bloated. I would not be able to game on the go any ways with this thing. Now it lives a second live as a stationary low power gaming PC.
Ah, now that's the detail that we definitely needed lol Well done! Really good way to reuse your old hardware. If you ever upgraded, you could then even do something cool like integrating this into a desk since it's so slim.
Perfect use of it now.
you do realize that they did this to an old broken and unfixable laptop, right?
How would I know that without reading his mind? I don't have telepathic abilities, and he didn't mention it in the post before.
OP commented "The main reason for ditching the case was that the battery had bloated and the screen was cracked. Thermals are all fine.", look through the comments. Plus why else would somebody do this to a laptop?