Pic (the big one, for reference. This model is constructed differently from the one pictured there, despite being an IBM AS400 as well)
I've put in 9hrs over 3 days so far, and so far I've recovered for recycling: 1 SLA battery, a terabyte worth of assorted SCSI drives, 200 pounds of steel, 15lbs of aluminium, several PCBs of various types and description, 1 massive blower unit (which I'm still stripping down to it's component pieces), 3lbs of cabling.
It's to the point where it's now waist high - I've already pulled out all the modules on this bottom tier, and only the power supply and the module socket board (and whatever associated logic there is with that) and anything that I can't see because it's built between the massive sheets of steel remains. I can actually lay it down on it's side all by myself now.
It still weighs an estimated 200lbs.
Oh, and two of us BIG dudes (200+lbs each) stood on top of the top cover assembly for the chassis and jumped up and down - it didn't fvcking collapse.
Update:
It took exactly 1 week and 1 day - which I compute to be more than 15 man-hours of work.
Funny story, just as I finished, I gave a victory grunt and heaved the gutted chassis over my head, brass screws and dust raining down upon me. At that very moment, a rare HotChick(TM) appeared from the elevator behind me and witnessed my manliness tossing it into the scrap pile. Apparently, this impressed her, because she didn't leave my side until the end of the day.
I've put in 9hrs over 3 days so far, and so far I've recovered for recycling: 1 SLA battery, a terabyte worth of assorted SCSI drives, 200 pounds of steel, 15lbs of aluminium, several PCBs of various types and description, 1 massive blower unit (which I'm still stripping down to it's component pieces), 3lbs of cabling.
It's to the point where it's now waist high - I've already pulled out all the modules on this bottom tier, and only the power supply and the module socket board (and whatever associated logic there is with that) and anything that I can't see because it's built between the massive sheets of steel remains. I can actually lay it down on it's side all by myself now.
It still weighs an estimated 200lbs.
Oh, and two of us BIG dudes (200+lbs each) stood on top of the top cover assembly for the chassis and jumped up and down - it didn't fvcking collapse.
Update:
It took exactly 1 week and 1 day - which I compute to be more than 15 man-hours of work.
Funny story, just as I finished, I gave a victory grunt and heaved the gutted chassis over my head, brass screws and dust raining down upon me. At that very moment, a rare HotChick(TM) appeared from the elevator behind me and witnessed my manliness tossing it into the scrap pile. Apparently, this impressed her, because she didn't leave my side until the end of the day.
I'm currently loading the client onto like 20 damn lappies for training right now.. very repetitive and boring.
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