Cobalt Qube

Cobalt Qube: Pre Surgery

Cobalt Qube: Rear Panel

Cobalt Qube: Case Removed

This Cobalt Qube ran the Newted Community site for several years before the hard drive finally died...

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Uploaded on Nov 22, 2008

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This is the back panel of the Qube. The first step is to remove the four screws around the plastic...

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Uploaded on Nov 22, 2008

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This is the Qube with the blue plastic housing removed. To access the interior of the server, the...

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Uploaded on Nov 22, 2008

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Cobalt Qube: Base Removal

Cobalt Qube: Inner Case Removal

Cobalt Qube: Innards

Before being able to remove the interior metal casing, the plastic base must come off the housing....

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Uploaded on Nov 22, 2008

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The interior case is removed by removed another two screws holding it to the main metal case. Pull...

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Uploaded on Nov 22, 2008

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With the interior metal case removed, you now have access to the motherboard, the daughterboard...

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Uploaded on Nov 22, 2008

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Cobalt Qube: Drive Mounting Screws

Cobalt Qube: Drive Extracted

Scratchin’ My Head

Reach into the case and gently pull the ribbon and power connectors from the motherboard. Holding...

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Uploaded on Nov 22, 2008

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Voilà. One decrepit hard drive, ready for immediate bubble wrappage and shipment to the data...

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Uploaded on Nov 22, 2008

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This is definitely not what you want to see when the data recovery guys open up your hard drive. I...

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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2009

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