Update: fixed a dead laptop in a Rockford library with a $1.25 eraser from the front desk

Willow Carr · 2026-10-16T16:00:04.02299+00:00

Two weeks ago my ThinkPad died mid-charge on the library table in Rockford and instead of paying the $85 shop quote I pulled the RAM stick, rubbed the gold contacts for a minute with a pencil eraser and it booted right up, so has anyone else had a cheap eraser fix something a shop tried to charge them for?

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