Two machines from the fire
Date: 08/10/2003
Ruckus (on right) and another machine had already been removed from the garage and were sitting on the driveway. Many more machines are still in the garage pending the fire investigation, but these machines were removed by firefighters, apparently because they were in the way. This was fortunate for me, as otherwise I\'d still be waiting to get the machine back.
Side view of ruckus
Date: 08/10/2003
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Side view of ruckus
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Front view of ruckus
Date: 08/10/2003
Bagged ruckus on workbench
Date: 08/11/2003
I doubled-bagged ruckus using 30-gallon garbage bags for transport. Even so, the trunk of my car is now permeated by the burnt plastic stench. We\'ve moved ruckus onto a workbench but haven\'t removed the bags yet.
Rear 3/4 view with bags removed
Date: 08/11/2003
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Removal of the case screws
Date: 08/11/2003
Steve is removing the case screws. After this, we used a flat-blade screwdriver to pry the inverted U-shaped cover from the machine.
Side view, cover removed
Date: 08/11/2003
3/4 view, cover removed
Date: 08/11/2003
Side view, cover removed
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3/4 view of motherboard, PCI cards, cables
Date: 08/11/2003
Disk drive and fan bezel assembly
Date: 08/11/2003
Top view, disk drive and fan bezel assembly
Date: 08/11/2003
Front/top view, disk drive and fan bezel assembly
Date: 08/11/2003
Remains of fan bezel assembly, after it has been pried loose from the top and front surfaces of the drive
Date: 08/11/2003
Drive in 5.25-inch mount, after fan bezel assembly has been removed
Date: 08/11/2003
Top view of drive
Date: 08/11/2003
3/4 view of drive
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3/4 view of drive
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Bottom view of drive
Date: 08/11/2003
Drive attached to new system for data recovery
Date: 08/11/2003
Drive and new system
Date: 08/11/2003
DIMMs pulled from burnt machine
Date: 08/11/2003
Celeron CPU and slot 1 adapter pulled from burnt system
Date: 08/11/2003