I turned a cheap NAS into a SLEEPER home server

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► Watch the first video here:    • I wish EVERY NAS was made like this one  

Here are the resources I used to get the backplane working:
https://forums.servethehome.com/index...
https://web.archive.org/web/201506282...

► 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

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Music (in order):
🎵 "Hardware Haven Theme" -Me (   • Hardware Haven Theme Music  )
🎵 "Sunshower" - LATASHÁ(  / best-music-pro..  )
🎵 "Fender Bender" - bad snacks (  / bad-snacks  )
🎵 "Town Groove" - Me
🎵 "The Butterfly Nose" - GARRISON
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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