Tag: Investigative disassembly
Overhauling the Battery Backup in an HP DL380
by firestorm_v1 on Jun.20, 2017, under Hardware, How-To's
Ain’t no one got that kind of cash!
Everyone knows that in most if not all devices, batteries are considered a wear item, an item that’s designed to be replaced at certain intervals of a machine’s lifetime. (Ok, unless you’re Samsung… or Apple… or any one of a bunch of stupid laptop vendors) Enterprise level servers are no exception. What is outrageous though is these consumables are usually stupidly expensive and can be repaired for much less than the replacement part. In this case (and this post), I saved myself about $63 by building my own replacement battery pack for my HP SmartArray P400 raid card.
Metrologic MS700 laser scanner Dissected
by firestorm_v1 on Jan.19, 2010, under Hardware, Hardware Pr0n
In the first post for the new “Hardware PrOn” category, we will be dissecting a common point-of-sale barcode scanner. This particular victim is the MS700 laser scanner manufactured by Metrologic (now owned by either Honeywell or Gilbarco) which reveals a very nice discovery inside. So, grab your screwdrivers and let’s take a look. (continue reading…)
