DIY Desktop Computer from Laptop Motherboard and aluminum case. I needed a light weight computer to replace my mothers old Athlon XP 1800+ computer. It needed to be under 2Kg about 4.4lb including the AC adapter cables and shipping box so that the shipping will not be more expensive than the computer 🙂 Specs are AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-58 1.9GHz (65nm) 2GB RAM ATI Radeon Xpress X1270 with VGA and HDMI Chipset RS690T. I installed a custom live Linux OS based on 64bit Ubuntu 10.10 using remastersys. In the other life it was the Gateway M-1617 and I purchased this from eBay for 84$ with a cracked screen bad sectors on HDD and over-temperature shut down that was only the fault of an old and dry thermal compound. If you need any parts that I did not used in this Desktop please let me know I will give you for free.
