I turned a cheap NAS into a SLEEPER home server

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► Want to support the channel and unlock some perks in the process? Become a RAID member on Patreon or YouTube! 🔓 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwarehaven 🔓 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdTVe88YVSrOZ9qKumhULQ/join ► Watch the first video here: https://youtu.be/Mcn2iZBKEjc Here are the resources I used to get the backplane working: - https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/one-last-upgrade-for-my-acer-h340.30183/ - https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232848/http://janhenke.de/system-cgi/blog/index.php?itemid=4186 ► Checkout items I used (includes affiliate links from which I may receive compensation): 🛍️ N100 ITX Motherboard (Out of stock it seems) - https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813162133 🛍️ Corsair RAM - https://amzn.to/4deiNAL 🛍️ 2.5Gb Adapter - https://amzn.to/46jaRMm 🛍️ M.2 E SATA (x2) Adapter - https://amzn.to/46mDQP7 🛍️ M.2 M SATA (x6) Adapter - https://amzn.to/3WmlNEc 🎥 Curious About the equipment I use to make my videos? Click Here ► https://hardwarehaven.media/gear --------------------------------------------------- Music (in order): 🎵 "Hardware Haven Theme" -Me (https://youtu.be/FwD2mOYDPNA) 🎵 "Sunshower" - LATASHÁ(https://soundcloud.com/best-music-pro...) 🎵 "Fender Bender" - bad snacks (https://soundcloud.com/bad-snacks) 🎵 "Town Groove" - Me 🎵 "The Butterfly Nose" - GARRISON --------------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:34 My plan for this system 1:20 The hardware 2:55 Cleanup and dent removal 3:48 Assembling the parts 4:59 The first two big problems 6:24 The front panel 9:28 Powering the backplane 12:17 Modifying the backplane 15:38 Does it work? 16:41 m.2 E key issues 17:54 Unraid 18:53 Final thoughts on the sleeper NAS