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the_mary
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17h ago
Hot take: I quit imaging drives with software and just use a $28 dock now
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wren826
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1d ago
Vent: I clean thermal paste with coffee filters now, and a client's 9 year old tower finally stopped throttling
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sarahh48
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4d ago
I stopped trusting those little bootable USB drives from the checkout aisle and it fixed my reimage times
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betty_coleman58
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4d ago
Vent: I almost wrote off PSU tester results as junk, then it saved a $2,000 build
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skyler_anderson65
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4d ago
A customer told me my thermal paste job looked like 'peanut butter on a cracker' and I can't stop laughing
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richardknight
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6d ago
Warning: a retired tech at a garage sale in Toledo asked why I still run 7200 RPM drives in customer builds, and I did not have a good answer
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knight.diana
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7d ago
A bench tech in Reno pinched my crimp job and now I redo every RJ45 twice
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margaret692
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7d ago
A retired tech in Reno gave me one piece of advice about thermal paste and it cost me a $180 callback
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wren826
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7d ago
Fixed a dead laptop with a $4 part after the shop quoted the guy $280
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martin.vera
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12d ago
A retired tech in Reno told me he stopped trusting CrystalDiskInfo on used drives and I blew it off
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jesse_cooper
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12d ago
Just realized I've been using the wrong screwdriver on laptop screws since 2009
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reese86
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12d ago
Just realized my $12 cable tester caught what my $300 Fluke missed on a job in Akron
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emerycarr
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13d ago
My bench rebuild in Kansas City cut my turnaround from 3 days to 5 hours
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margaretrivera
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13d ago
I used to swear by those $8 'refurbished' power supplies off the auction site, then one blew a customer's board
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the_ben
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14d ago
Update: started keeping a junk cable bin on my cart, and my bench setup time got cut in half
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