![]() This will allow the cover to clear the tabs and give you and easy way to insert/remove the drive. Using a heat gun carefully heat up the end of the caddy. Media Vault Mod: I wanted to have a convenient way to remove the drive so I decided to bend the tabs back. I will break this down into 2 sections, one for the Media Vault and the other for the MediaSmart Server/Data Vault. ![]() The solution is easy, simply trim the excess length or using a heat gun carefully bend the tabs back. Since the tabs on the new caddy are a bit long they will hit the units cover preventing it from closing. But before we install the drive into the new caddy some small modifications are required depending on the platform. ![]() These XW caddies hold the hard drive much like the original caddies, carefully pull the side away and slide the drive into the retaining pins. This allows slightly better air flow and makes it easier to slide the caddy/HDD into the server. I prefer the metal over plastic caddy because the metal is a little thinner and provides a little more clearance between the bottom of the drive and caddy. The one I used in this article was from an XW8200 and is a plastic metal combo. The XW caddies came in 2 flavors, plastic/metal combination and all plastic. Best of all these XW caddies are readily available and cheap! The mounting and side rail of the replacement caddy is very close to the originals. The HP Workstation XW6000, 80 series used a drive caddy (part no. Little did I know the solution would be a caddy used in another HP product. The electrical connection must also be reliable. The big issue with the caddy is fitting into the case properly and to provide the proper pin alignment on the SATA drive connector. OK, since can’t get the real thing how about a substitute? This really was easier than I thought and just took a little thinking outside the box. There were some minor differences between the caddies (such as locking tab color) but for the most part they are all interchangeable between platforms. The 5070-3836 caddy was used in the MediaSmart Server, Data Vault and the Gen 2 Media Vault and one other obscure offering. (Always check the pictures if you do find one) I just had a friend that ordered one from Europe, after a few weeks it arrived and was the wrong caddy. If you are lucky enough to find one on the internet they are usually already broken or just the wrong part. Forget trying to get one from HP, that’s a dead end as well. You can find them on eBay from time to time but usually sell for ridiculous money and don’t come up on auction very often. This key part it is nearly impossible to find new or used. 5070-3836) for the most part is not built very well and is easily broken. This proprietary little piece of plastic has been the scourge of many trying to repair a stripped unit, or one just picked up from an auction that is missing the caddies. Since then HP upgraded them with different hardware and software, put in larger drives, different firmware but one thing remained the same, the hard drive caddy. The HP Media Vault Gen2 and MediaSmart Server were originally released by HP back in 2007. ![]() Thank you, Dan, for sharing your hard work with us. It remains to be seen whether either of these changes will yield healthy and long-term results.The following is a guest article written by forum member Dan “Nomad” Muzenjak. In addition to the new video viewing mode, Twitter has also been busy building a new audio hub with its revamped Spaces area featuring podcasts. ![]() TikTok has become a video juggernaut over the past few years, and many companies have tried to emulate some of its core features in order to capitalize on the situation. The carousel will make it easier for users to watch and enjoy the most popular videos found on the platform.Īlthough Twitter really isn't thought of as a first choice when it comes to watching videos, it's easy to see why it's pursuing this. In addition to the new view, the firm will implement a new video carousel that will be added to the platform's Explore tab. Twitter states that if you want to get out of the immersive view, you can just click the back arrow found in the upper left-hand corner. This process can be performed endlessly, offering users an uninterrupted watching experience. When a video is expanded in its new immersive view, swiping up will reveal a new video. ![]()
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