Hi, so i found a laptop motherboard at a store (i think they get big boxes of amazon returns or something) the owner didnt really knew or cared what it was he said u can take it for 2 bucks, when i came back home i checked the specs and it was for the asus zenbook flip13 ux363ja
– 8GB Lpddr4x Ram
– i5-1035g4 Cpu
— the entire setup cost me like 11$
i was really excited to finally upgrade from a 14yr old laptop to this
i put some stuff together and u can see it in the photo
— now the problem is i just cant enable the iGPU (intel iris plus), after messing with Throttlestop for a while i was able to get Long Power PL1 and ShortPower PL2 to only 5 Then i was finally able to start installing the iGPU drivers without crashing, even after installing them there were quite alot of artifacts… not sure if its because of the really low power or what
increasing that number to even 6 with iGPU enabled the entire thing freezes, thats my problem
i though maybe if the 65w type-c charger isnt enough i would try a 90w but same result
i even tried connecting 4 batteries in series aswell as an Esp32 to talk to it through the i2c pins, i was able to make it stay on without charger connected, but it was not charging it drained my batteries dangerously low so i disconnected them for now
i think that the problem is caused by not having a battery, enabling the iGPU would want a high spike of current and the charger might not be fast enough to deliver, idk
and the CPU was also stuck at 400mhz but i was eventually able to get it to normal speed
— some more info about it, i got USB data lines and 5v and both on led and Switch pins all from the motherboard to use them, i have put on external heatsinks on both VRMs and the CPU, and a big fan, and my HDD (i cant afford an SSD), and im giving it power externally because the motherboard wasnt able to give it enough power, there is both 5v and 12v, i know 12v is not necessary for small HDDs but i was thinking of connecting a big one but then didnt use it so i just left it there, a usb hub, some antennas i found