ATLAS Report 2026.06.05 — Rebuilding and Archiving a CaseLabs Mercury S8 + Pedestal 2014 Time Capsule

Intake and restoration framing for the CaseLabs Mercury S8 plus pedestal: photograph the object as found, identify parts before cleaning, and treat the machine as the core archive object.

SOURCE RECORD // READY

Date
ID
FI-LOG-001
Type
atlas-report
Object
CaseLabs Mercury S8 + pedestal
System
custom watercooling restoration
Status
revived / documentation first
Associated dossier
CaseLabs Mercury S8 + Pedestal Restoration / FI-PROJ-001

SYSTEM OUTPUT // FIELD INSTRUMENT

atlas-report CaseLabs Archive restoration watercooling garage archaeology

>CONDITION FOUND

WHITE POWDER-COATED CHASSIS + PEDESTAL // RECOVERED AFTER ROUGHLY A DECADE IN STORAGE. PHOTOGRAPH AS FOUND BEFORE DUST, MISSING FASTENERS, OR PROVISIONAL ASSEMBLIES ARE DISTURBED.

>OBSERVATIONS

CORE ARCHIVE OBJECT // CASELABS MERCURY S8 + PEDESTAL. POSSIBLE STH-10 ACCESSORIES PRESENT. WATERCOOLING INVENTORY INCLUDES EK 360 RADIATORS, AQUA COMPUTER D5 AQUABUS PUMPS, DDC PUMPS WITH CLEAR TOPS, AQUAERO 6 XT, LARGE EK CYLINDER RESERVOIR, AND APPROXIMATELY TWENTY OR MORE WHITE NOISEBLOCKER ELOOP PWM FANS.

>METHODS

IDENTIFY PANEL BY PANEL // TEMPORARY REMOVABLE LABELS FOR UNKNOWN PARTS // FASTENERS SEPARATED BY LOCATION // EACH ASSEMBLY PHOTOGRAPHED BEFORE CLEANING // UNCERTAINTY RECORDED DIRECTLY.

>RESTORATION NOTES

SERVICEABLE SERIAL LOOP FIRST // EPDM TUBING // BARBS // CLAMPS. PEDESTAL RADIATOR PATH AND QUICK-DISCONNECT PASS-THROUGHS REMAIN ACCESSIBLE. FUNCTION FIRST. COPPER OR HARDLINE REMAINS LATER AESTHETIC EVOLUTION.

>ARCHIVE MEANING

NOT ONLY COMPUTER CASE // INTERRUPTED MAP. RESTORATION CONVERTS PRIVATE DISCONTINUITY INTO VISIBLE EVIDENCE. BUILD KNOWLEDGE REMAINS PRESENT.

>NEXT ACTIONS

COMPLETE PHOTO PASS // CONFIRM PANEL CONFIGURATION // LEAK-TEST RADIATORS // TEST FANS AND PUMPS // BUILD INVENTORY RECORD BEFORE RETENTION, SALE, OR ARCHIVE-ONLY DECISIONS.

INSPECTABLE SOURCE // CANONICAL

Forgotten Industries // ATLAS Report // 2026.06.05

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