Comment on Don't throw away your old PC—it makes a better NAS than anything you can buy

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• hakunawazo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  A few years ago I had that case with a Laptop with a burnt dedicated graphics card.
  The moment the Windows installer detected it, a blue screen ended the installation.
  But a Linux installation worked and afterwards it was even possible to disable the damaged hardware permanently.
  The laptop still runs without further problems.

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• winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Integrated graphics?

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  • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This is a 2005 desktop. I can’t even get it past the bootloader. Ideally I would run Linux on it headless, but i can’t even get to that stage.

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    • crimsonpoodle@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I mean it sounds like maybe kore than the GPU failed then? Otherwise briefly move a gpu or install the OS via on a different system and then move the drive

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