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I believe I just found the Reddit entry he made when buying this machine. It has some great pics of him getting this monster in his basement. https://www.redd

I believe I just found the Reddit entry he made when buying this machine. It has some great pics of him getting this monster in his basement. https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM/comments/3relk4/i_just_bought_an_ibm_z890/ https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM/comments/3relk4/i_just_bought_a...

saganus 11y ago
That's some serious job right there, just dismantling the thing and putting it back together. I hate it when I assembled computers and I ended up needing extra screws... or worse, I ended up with "spare" screws which left me wondering what exactly I missed. Can't imagine doing it to something this big. Or like when you buy something that comes packed neatly..and as soon as you unpack it it becomes impossible to put it back and make it fit as before. Maybe I'm the problem... uhmmm..
- mindcrime 11y ago
  I hate it when I assembled computers and I ended up needing extra screws... or worse, I ended up with "spare" screws which left me wondering what exactly I missed. Nah, that's just Rap's Law of Inanimate Reproduction in action! http://www.anvari.org/fortune/Laws/1348_raps-law-of-inanimate-reproduction-if-you-take-something-apart-and-put-it-back-together-enough-times-eventually-you-will-have-two-of-them.html http://www.anvari.org/fortune/Laws/1348_raps-law-of-inanimat...
  - saganus 11y ago
    Haha! That's one very wise law. Never heard of that before. I wish 100 Dollar bills had screws...
- ars 11y ago
  I started running a video camera when I do stuff like that. Then you can go back and see what you missed.
  - saganus 11y ago
    That's a neat idea. Never thought of that before. At most I laid down a white sheet of paper and put the screws in sort of the same shape as I picked them up from, so I knew these two long ones were at the top, the short ones at the bottom, etc. But still... one accidental hit to the table and boom..everything is messed up.
    - vermontdevil 11y ago
      That's why I use a white cardboard and tape all the screws to a diagram of the computer, camera, or whatever product it is.
    - mnw21cam 11y ago
      I used to have a roll of sticky tape on the desk, which acted as a nice area to put all the screws in, with the added advantage that it would prevent them going walkies.
      - striking 11y ago
        Try a magnetic bowl. Works wonders.
        prirun 11y ago
        A pill box works great for holding screws. 28 boxes, all with lids. I numbered them and then kept a sheet documenting where each screw came from when I had to replace the failing drives in my Mac Mini server.
    - jackhack 11y ago
      I take a digital photo and print it out, full-page size. Tape the screws to the location on the photo. Write the number in which they were removed. This is especially helpful if what you're disassembling has a ton of slightly-different-length screws. Also helps to keep a record of the cable routing which can be tricky on laptops and cameras.
- viraptor 11y ago
  That reminds me of my first time racking some servers. Actual admins laughed at me for using all the screws / mounts. On one hand side, I did a good job. On the other, those boxes were unscrewed and moved again at 2 times that year...
  - johannes1234321 11y ago
    Using all screws can be beneficial to performance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDacjrSCeq4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDacjrSCeq4
    - saganus 11y ago
      Wow! That's just amazing. I can't believe this is a real effect. I wonder how much has this been researched? Do you have any more links related to this effect?
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saganus 11y ago

That's some serious job right there, just dismantling the thing and putting it back together. I hate it when I assembled computers and I ended up needing extra screws... or worse, I ended up with "spare" screws which left me wondering what exactly I missed. Can't imagine doing it to something this big. Or like when you buy something that comes packed neatly..and as soon as you unpack it it becomes impossible to put it back and make it fit as before. Maybe I'm the problem... uhmmm..

mindcrime 11y ago
I hate it when I assembled computers and I ended up needing extra screws... or worse, I ended up with "spare" screws which left me wondering what exactly I missed. Nah, that's just Rap's Law of Inanimate Reproduction in action! http://www.anvari.org/fortune/Laws/1348_raps-law-of-inanimate-reproduction-if-you-take-something-apart-and-put-it-back-together-enough-times-eventually-you-will-have-two-of-them.html http://www.anvari.org/fortune/Laws/1348_raps-law-of-inanimat...
- saganus 11y ago
  Haha! That's one very wise law. Never heard of that before. I wish 100 Dollar bills had screws...
ars 11y ago
I started running a video camera when I do stuff like that. Then you can go back and see what you missed.
- saganus 11y ago
  That's a neat idea. Never thought of that before. At most I laid down a white sheet of paper and put the screws in sort of the same shape as I picked them up from, so I knew these two long ones were at the top, the short ones at the bottom, etc. But still... one accidental hit to the table and boom..everything is messed up.
  - vermontdevil 11y ago
    That's why I use a white cardboard and tape all the screws to a diagram of the computer, camera, or whatever product it is.
  - mnw21cam 11y ago
    I used to have a roll of sticky tape on the desk, which acted as a nice area to put all the screws in, with the added advantage that it would prevent them going walkies.
    - striking 11y ago
      Try a magnetic bowl. Works wonders.
      - prirun 11y ago
        A pill box works great for holding screws. 28 boxes, all with lids. I numbered them and then kept a sheet documenting where each screw came from when I had to replace the failing drives in my Mac Mini server.
  - jackhack 11y ago
    I take a digital photo and print it out, full-page size. Tape the screws to the location on the photo. Write the number in which they were removed. This is especially helpful if what you're disassembling has a ton of slightly-different-length screws. Also helps to keep a record of the cable routing which can be tricky on laptops and cameras.
viraptor 11y ago
That reminds me of my first time racking some servers. Actual admins laughed at me for using all the screws / mounts. On one hand side, I did a good job. On the other, those boxes were unscrewed and moved again at 2 times that year...
- johannes1234321 11y ago
  Using all screws can be beneficial to performance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDacjrSCeq4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDacjrSCeq4
  - saganus 11y ago
    Wow! That's just amazing. I can't believe this is a real effect. I wonder how much has this been researched? Do you have any more links related to this effect?

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