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the_dylan
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1d ago
Realized I never checked power supply voltage before swapping boards, happened at a client's place in Mesa
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the_vera
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2d ago
The stat that finally made me label every cable in my van, after 12 years of digging
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grant.parker
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3d ago
Pro tip: a $9 tube of thermal paste fixed a client's "dying" laptop in 20 minutes
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wren_brown
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4d ago
Changed my mind on thermal paste after a $6 tube saved a client's Dell
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faitha40
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4d ago
Shop lead told me my drive clones were lazy and he was dead right
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anthony_jackson
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8d ago
Unpopular opinion: I was cleaning thermal paste off CPUs with alcohol for a decade and it was making things worse
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williams.diana
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11d ago
Appreciation post: the old guy at the shop who told me to stop swapping parts and start writing stuff down
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the_kai
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11d ago
Can we talk about how everyone resets Windows before backing up client data?
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stella_foster
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14d ago
Found out the "percussive maintenance" trick has an actual name and a study behind it
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amyb54
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15d ago
I swore the $35 PSU tester was a waste, then a shop in Reno showed me why I was wrong
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williams.diana
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15d ago
Showerthought: has anyone noticed thermal paste drying out way faster on newer builds?
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hugo_coleman28
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15d ago
Pulled 3 drives that tested clean with SMART and still had bad sectors, switched my bench tool and never looked back
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fiona_reed
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17d ago
Walked into a shop in Boise still running a Pentium 4 on the front desk
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milesp38
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18d ago
Watched a tech at a client site in Reno pull a drive without powering down the array first, and it changed how I do every single job now
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terryrobinson
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18d ago
Why does nobody talk about laptop screws that strip if you even look at them wrong
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