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the_noah
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2h ago
Bought a $60 'refurb' PSU tester on eBay and it died on the bench in 2 days
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the_thea
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13h ago
Serious question, how many of you are seeing customers bring in 8 to 10 year old machines asking for a tune up instead of a new one?
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danielkim
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3d ago
Can we talk about hitting 40 dead hard drives in my bucket this year?
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price.gavin
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6d ago
Update: I quit pulling drives before reinstalls and it saved me a headache in Dayton
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bettyroberts
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8d ago
Why does nobody warn you about BIOS updates on old shop machines?
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grant.felix
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11d ago
Saw a stat that 70% of drives that get sent to data recovery shops are still fully readable, so why do so many of us tell clients it's hopeless?
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lunag30
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12d ago
Update: I stopped imaging drives onto spinner backups last month after one died mid restore at a client in Boise
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claire_gibson
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14d ago
PSA: skip the $89 thermal paste 'upgrade' kit, it's just repackaged junk
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jamesf41
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14d ago
Pro tip: a retired tech in Tucson told me to always ask if the customer rebooted before I drive anywhere
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hannah_perry
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15d ago
A customer told me to stop fixing PCs in front of them, and it doubled my referrals
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thear53
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16d ago
Picked between swapping the board on a dead laptop or just pulling the drive, went with the drive and the customer was thrilled
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ray_campbell46
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16d ago
Ran a SMART test on a drive that sounded fine and it printed 1,247 reallocated sectors
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casey682
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16d ago
Stopped reinstalling Windows on every slow machine, ran one 30 second check first and saved myself a full day
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grant.felix
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18d ago
A customer in Reno handed me a zip bag of 47 screws and taught me a trick I still use on every teardown
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noahmartin
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19d ago
Picked a 20 dollar USB dock over a 90 dollar brand one at Micro Center in Denver, still not sure I won
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