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Spiders Inside

Manitook — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:20:31 +0000

This one had not been opened in over 2 years. As you can see it was home to a little spider and from the looks of it most of the babies escaped to the outside world. My wife thinks I need to charge extra per species. Larger pictures as usual are here.

IES dirty PC

Manitook — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:17:56 +0000

This poor computer was stuffed in a cabinet under a desk. Wonder why it kept shutting down and BSODing. After cleaning it ran back to back virus scans for 4 hours with no problems. You can find the full size shots here.

Compaq Evo n610 notebook

Manitook — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:20:05 +0000

You can find the full size shots here.

Koolance video block leak

Manitook — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:26:30 +0000

This is what it looks like when a Koolance video water block fails and leaks onto a ATI Theater 550pro TVtuner. I believe it is a problem with the design of the block. It was running for over a 2 years with no problems. I think the plastic cracked because of heat stress. The CPU block looks fine but I do not trust Koolance water blocks anymore. The computer was running with the leak for a week or more before it failed on reboot. I cleaned everything with deionized water and remounted the OEM fan on the 6800gs. All parts survived and are still working 6 months after the leak.

salvaged gear

Manitook — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:49:52 +0000

Big pictures
12) 3com stacker2 24 port switches
2) 3com stacker3 24 port switches
12) US Roboticts 56k paralel port modems
12) Imacs with tiger 400mhz,1gb ram 10gb hdd dvd (6 working so far, still testing)
6) Compaq Proliant servers 2 core 400mhz scsi hhd (most missing)
15) CRT monitors 15in up to 19in