I just lost a whole afternoon because I didn't verify the power supply before swapping a motherboard.

Spent 4 hours replacing a board on a Dell Optiplex only to find the original, flaky PSU was the culprit, and now I have to eat the cost of the new part.

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casey90926d ago

Lee733 is right, and it hits different when it's your own money.

mark67625d ago

My buddy spent a grand on a new alternator... it was just a loose belt.

lee73326d ago

Happens all the time with car repairs too. I've seen people replace a whole starter when it was just a bad ground wire the whole time. That feeling of wasted time and money is the worst, especially when the fix was simple. Makes you triple-check everything the next time.