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johnson.ryan
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1d ago
I stopped using compressed air on dusty towers after a tech in Denver showed me what it does to the fans
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taylor929
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3d ago
Unpopular opinion: I stopped carrying a spare PSU after what happened at the Dayton swap meet
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grant_palmer
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4d ago
PSA: label your spare PSUs before you lose track of which one killed a board
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david821
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6d ago
Vent: a loose SATA cable cost me 2 hours on a client's PC in Portland
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julia286
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7d ago
My old boss swore by thermal paste swaps on every slow laptop, and after 30 machines I finally get it
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sean_murphy45
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9d ago
Dropped $220 on a thermal camera for diag work, half the techs I know call it a toy
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sarah687
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11d ago
Stop telling customers their hard drive data is gone before you even pull it
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foster.nathan
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11d ago
TIL a $6 laptop stand saved me from 3 years of neck pain in the repair bay
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james_clark
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11d ago
Appreciation post: 11 tickets in one day and only 2 callbacks, I'll take it
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uma_lopez
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13d ago
Heard a new guy at Micro Center in Chicago say he just swaps the drive when a laptop won't boot
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wright.cole
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14d ago
Why does nobody talk about the fact that a dirty heatsink is not always the real problem
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the_ryan
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16d ago
Customer at my Toledo bench said 'just fix what's broken, don't upsell me' and I've been chewing on it for 2 months
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charlie_fisher45
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16d ago
Am I the only one who watched a shop laptop go from 4 minute boot to 22 seconds without buying anything?
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scott.mia
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17d ago
Watched a tech at the Kansas City airport strip a laptop to bare board for a 4 cent screw, changed how I quote jobs
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wrenwilson
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17d ago
Spent $180 on a power supply tester last year and it caught a bad 24 pin on a build before I even hit the power button
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