Peak homelabbing
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Serious question that I've wondered about but never worked on.
Can you rig a laptop to keep running with the lid closed? Either by software or hardware? I guess you could cut the switch, but an OS-based solution would be neater.
Yes, in most OSes it’s just a setting you can toggle. But even if you can, you may want to leave it open for cooling. Lots of laptops are barely cooled enough to support themselves, and will often rely on radiating heat out of the case as a form of passive cooling. And even when the screen is open, they still struggle to stay cool. Closing the lid often makes these cooling issues much worse.
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But it looks like it's sitting on carpet which would definitely block the vents
Truee, didn't see that. But generally just wanted to add to the vibe of these laptop hosters
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You should be able to deactivate shutdown or sleep mode on lid closure with some commands.
I have the lid closed, yes. I wasn't aware that there could be a reason to choose to keep it open
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Take out the lid-close sensor and use it in a side project that requires a proximity sensor.
I had a dell latitude for my first server. even when I removed the magnets, some how it still would detect that the kid was closed and turn off. I tried everything I could think of and more, without any luck. the solution? I removed the display entirely so it couldn't be closed and only used it via ssh or a VGA monitor if I really needed it.
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To prevent underheating, they're going for a medium laptop.
Medium-well, more like.
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Truee, didn't see that. But generally just wanted to add to the vibe of these laptop hosters
The more I look at it, maybe it's hard flooring. Lol
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technically yes. usually proximity sensor is used to mean IR or sonic sensors and I read in that sense.
I see.
I used "proximity sensor" because I didn't know what these sensors use and didn't want to worry about it while writing that comment. -
I had a dell latitude for my first server. even when I removed the magnets, some how it still would detect that the kid was closed and turn off. I tried everything I could think of and more, without any luck. the solution? I removed the display entirely so it couldn't be closed and only used it via ssh or a VGA monitor if I really needed it.
I removed the magnets
I have an older ASUS ROG laptop in which the sensor is a separate PCB (less than a thumb in size) connected using a few IDC pins.
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classic meme.
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In college I used to see “RENDERING!” Taped to monitors
(3d rendering)
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I have a minecraft server running on an old chromebook which I installed arch on, though I made sure it stays on when the lid is closed (screen still turns off).
