VIDEO: Recycling Destroyed Tech into Beautiful PCs

I want to showcase 2 of my projects i did. Both are made from older notebooks. I use both for Home Assistant server. It has a battery, so built-in UPS. 

First one is made from a LaCie 2big Quadra HDD case. Both harddrives failed in this, no point replacing. But an Asus E403S motherboard and battery fits perfectly inside. I had to 3d print some small parts, like the backplate and various brackets. Here is a gallery how it looks and build process:

And the next one is a completely custom 3D printed case for a broken Lenovo Chromebook that i found with a broken screen on FB marketplace for basically free. You can download the 3d print from here. 

@muzammil17 Your GPU might be fine then; I don't think I've ever gotten a laptop to power a display without RAM.

@imp-inventor fingers 🤞,  hopefully its good, it would be best 5$ i have spent.

The timing of this video is perfect because I’ve been trying to fix my old Dell Alienware 15 R3 (i7-6700HQ, GTX 1070 8GB, 120Hz 1080p G-SYNC) since last week.

It started with a 2,7 LCD/eDP error, which makes sense because the motherboard’s eDP connector has been ripped off, so there’s no internal display connected. Even with an external monitor connected through Mini DP, it never gets to the BIOS.

I’ve been trying to fix this laptop on and off for the last couple of years, but I always end up getting busy with work and putting it aside.

My question is: Is this normal on Dell laptops? Will the BIOS stop POST if something like the LCD, keyboard, or daughterboards are missing, or should it still boot and show the BIOS on an external monitor even without the eDP connector?

I’m also attaching some photos of the motherboard and the damaged eDP connector. I’d really appreciate any thoughts or suggestions.

ive been wondering if you had any insight as to how to choose an epoxy to use to glue the glass onto the front pannel of the imac, i want to attempt this mainly for the monitor but im afraid to use the wrong epoxy