Ideas for a touch screen laptop - probable DIY project here

[gavin286]

Hey all,

I've been handed a Lenovo Yoga laptop that the hinges are broken (because lets fold a laptop screen backward and hope it doesn't break after a while ). I'm looking for some ideas on how to DIY this into something useful. I'm not wanting to use it as a laptop again so I can separate the components

Do I remove the innards and rebuild it into a DIY housing?

Do I use just the PC portion without a screen as a file server?

 

[Valheru]

Hey all,

I've been handed a Lenovo Yoga laptop that the hinges are broken (because lets fold a laptop screen backward and hope it doesn't break after a while ). I'm looking for some ideas on how to DIY this into something useful. I'm not wanting to use it as a laptop again so I can separate the components

Do I remove the innards and rebuild it into a DIY housing?

Do I use just the PC portion without a screen as a file server?

Here are some ideas:

https://www.youtube.com/c/DIYPerks/videos

 

[gavin286]

Here are some ideas:

https://www.youtube.com/c/DIYPerks/videos

Thanks dude

 

[Off-The-Chart]

Here are some ideas:

https://www.youtube.com/c/DIYPerks/videos

that USB-C one he did looks so cool

 

[Valheru]

Thanks dude

that USB-C one he did looks so cool

I wanted to try one of those builds (the AIO one) with a broken laptop, but damn me time is not on my side at the moment. Really cool to see someone actually recycling and using what otherwise would become e-waste.

 

[gavin286]

So I pondered a while on the way forward, what to build, what materials to use etc. Ended up just repairing and fixing the hinges and mount points within the laptop shell. I loosened the hinges so it wouldn't undo my repair work. At least its in a useable state again for the time being and will consider proper DIY project with it at a later stage...

 

[RA-ID-FAK]

This is what I did with my broken laptop

 

[Annem]

Such nice tips! My cousin has a Lenovo yoga and I'll this resource