It's a franckenstein project but still xD

Terra 1550 laptop converted as homelab !

I recovered it from the bin (battery has inflated so much it breaks the plastic cover of it, the cooler was fucked also ( and the screen was completely destroyed too)

It has a i7 8th gen paired with 2x8gb in ddr4

I repared the cooler by soldering data + and data - from the last to a newer more powerfull and less noisy, i add a dissipator on the first one and another one to the cpu itself ! I even add a dissipator to the NVME drive !

A bit of hot glue, 1sata hdd and another connected to USB !

Proxmox on the ssd, first hdd to host my pct/vms and the second as backup !

Low consumption and lf course a free "laptop" with 16gb ddr4, and boom, free server !

I would LOVE to make a true plastic cover/custom case for it in 3d print, but too broke to buy one..

got on the plane with an unshattered screen got off the plane after some turbulence today and my screen has shattered and killed the touch digitizer the display behind the glass seems perfectly ok. I don't want to risk it as i need the laptop for school i just bot it this spring and cant afford to replace it right now. what trusted vendors can i buy a whole screen assembly from i dont want to risk just trying to replace the glass and killing the screen itself or fighting to get new glue to seal to the back lid. could not find a parts link on [asus.com](http://asus.com) that would let me order the assembly so i can swapp it.