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RIP Arcadia 4/17/05 :(
nipsmg:
RIP Aracdia 4/17/05 :( http://arcadia.gerety.net/gallery/
So I was moving yesterday, and loaded my cabinet into the Uhaul last.
When I opened it back up again, I noticed something didn't look right... I climbed up into the truck, to find that the floor of the cabinet had broken and shot up through the machine, the entire right side of the machine pulled out and separated from the rest of the cabinet. All internal shelving broke and the motherboard snapped in half. The case for the subwoofer got severely cracked, not sure if it's dead yet. I'm sure the HD is probably screwed from the force of the impact.
I don't know what happened. I drove EXTREMELY slowly, but it seems the one pothole we hit that I was really worried about actually did the damage. The machine is totally and completely unfixable.
I absolutely will build a new one.... god knows when that'll get done, however :(.
So for now, no more cabinet for me.
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
NipsMG
Lilwolf:
THAT SUCKS!
Did you take it apart to find out if anything is salvagable?
Hopefully its just a motherboard ($40?) and a 4x8 and some paint.
But try buying a new motherboard and using the old processor / memory ect. HOPEFULLY the only thing that broke was the motherboard (and thats pretty easy and cheap compared to the rest). Harddrives park with their heads in a location they wont do damage if moved. Hopefully the heads themselfs arent damamged.
Hows the monitor?
Good luck!
As for the costruction.... Yikes. I have a feeling you will want to take it completely apart.... Hopefully its not a complete wash on that.
KenToad:
NipsMG,
That's sad news. It looked great in the album. I'm sure you invested a lot of time and money in that one. Your description made it sound like one heck of a mess. Do you have any pictures and/or advice for anyone else who might be moving their cabinets in a moving van? Must have been one hell of a pothole.
KenToad
nipsmg:
I don't think I really secured the floor well enough when putting the castors on last year. I'm going to try to take some pictures tonight of it pathetically leaning in my garage :(
SaiNRuB:
I dont think youd have to rebuild completely do you? I guess i have to see the extent of the damage but hopefully you could just strip the cab and get it bare to begin reattaching a floor panel and redo your shelf bracing. Worst thing is you have to buy a new mobo but hopefully thats pretty much all the hardware you have to purchase. Good luck man, i hope you can work it out.