▲ 145 ▼ Just rolled into the shop for "freezing" (lemmy.ca) submitted 9 months ago by avidamoeba@lemmy.ca to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments At Canada Computers in Toronto, circa 2009.
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 3 points 9 months ago (8 children) It's a 478, some Pentium 4. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (7 children) And you just fixed it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 3 points 9 months ago (6 children) Was a long time ago but I think the push pins weren't broken so they did reattach well enough for it to get the customer some more mileage out of it. After clean and repaste of course. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (5 children) Fair enough. I only kept pictures of roach motels. I'll post one next time I find them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 9 months ago (4 children) Pls do. Here's one that came with "memory issues:" The chips were visibly desoldered from the DIMM even before taking it out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 months ago Well, they weren't wrong permalink fedilink source parent [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* (2 children) I don't remember ever seeing that exactly but I've seen all manner of cheap hardware and user error. Had a lady complain about her cup holder one time and yes she was talking about the cd drive. When we pulled the drive apart after replacing it there was a huge amount of dried coffee in it. She must have like it nearly solid with sugar and cream. Some guy came in complaining the windows background looked like sunset. It was overheating. The cpu and video card fan had so much paper dust in it that the fan blades had noticeably worn away and the dust had a mirror finish. I really wish I had taken a picture of that one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) about her cup holder one time and yes she was talking about the cd drive. This shit used to happen often enough that we joked calling optical drives "cupholders!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* We did to. The one I descibed was just a big coffee stain though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (7 children) And you just fixed it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 3 points 9 months ago (6 children) Was a long time ago but I think the push pins weren't broken so they did reattach well enough for it to get the customer some more mileage out of it. After clean and repaste of course. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (5 children) Fair enough. I only kept pictures of roach motels. I'll post one next time I find them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 9 months ago (4 children) Pls do. Here's one that came with "memory issues:" The chips were visibly desoldered from the DIMM even before taking it out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 months ago Well, they weren't wrong permalink fedilink source parent [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* (2 children) I don't remember ever seeing that exactly but I've seen all manner of cheap hardware and user error. Had a lady complain about her cup holder one time and yes she was talking about the cd drive. When we pulled the drive apart after replacing it there was a huge amount of dried coffee in it. She must have like it nearly solid with sugar and cream. Some guy came in complaining the windows background looked like sunset. It was overheating. The cpu and video card fan had so much paper dust in it that the fan blades had noticeably worn away and the dust had a mirror finish. I really wish I had taken a picture of that one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) about her cup holder one time and yes she was talking about the cd drive. This shit used to happen often enough that we joked calling optical drives "cupholders!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* We did to. The one I descibed was just a big coffee stain though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 3 points 9 months ago (6 children) Was a long time ago but I think the push pins weren't broken so they did reattach well enough for it to get the customer some more mileage out of it. After clean and repaste of course. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (5 children) Fair enough. I only kept pictures of roach motels. I'll post one next time I find them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 9 months ago (4 children) Pls do. Here's one that came with "memory issues:" The chips were visibly desoldered from the DIMM even before taking it out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 months ago Well, they weren't wrong permalink fedilink source parent [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* (2 children) I don't remember ever seeing that exactly but I've seen all manner of cheap hardware and user error. Had a lady complain about her cup holder one time and yes she was talking about the cd drive. When we pulled the drive apart after replacing it there was a huge amount of dried coffee in it. She must have like it nearly solid with sugar and cream. Some guy came in complaining the windows background looked like sunset. It was overheating. The cpu and video card fan had so much paper dust in it that the fan blades had noticeably worn away and the dust had a mirror finish. I really wish I had taken a picture of that one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) about her cup holder one time and yes she was talking about the cd drive. This shit used to happen often enough that we joked calling optical drives "cupholders!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* We did to. The one I descibed was just a big coffee stain though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (5 children) Fair enough. I only kept pictures of roach motels. I'll post one next time I find them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 9 months ago (4 children) Pls do. Here's one that came with "memory issues:" The chips were visibly desoldered from the DIMM even before taking it out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 months ago Well, they weren't wrong permalink fedilink source parent [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* (2 children) I don't remember ever seeing that exactly but I've seen all manner of cheap hardware and user error. Had a lady complain about her cup holder one time and yes she was talking about the cd drive. When we pulled the drive apart after replacing it there was a huge amount of dried coffee in it. She must have like it nearly solid with sugar and cream. Some guy came in complaining the windows background looked like sunset. It was overheating. The cpu and video card fan had so much paper dust in it that the fan blades had noticeably worn away and the dust had a mirror finish. I really wish I had taken a picture of that one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) about her cup holder one time and yes she was talking about the cd drive. This shit used to happen often enough that we joked calling optical drives "cupholders!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* We did to. The one I descibed was just a big coffee stain though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 9 months ago (4 children) Pls do. Here's one that came with "memory issues:" The chips were visibly desoldered from the DIMM even before taking it out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 months ago Well, they weren't wrong permalink fedilink source parent [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* (2 children) I don't remember ever seeing that exactly but I've seen all manner of cheap hardware and user error. Had a lady complain about her cup holder one time and yes she was talking about the cd drive. When we pulled the drive apart after replacing it there was a huge amount of dried coffee in it. She must have like it nearly solid with sugar and cream. Some guy came in complaining the windows background looked like sunset. It was overheating. The cpu and video card fan had so much paper dust in it that the fan blades had noticeably worn away and the dust had a mirror finish. I really wish I had taken a picture of that one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) about her cup holder one time and yes she was talking about the cd drive. This shit used to happen often enough that we joked calling optical drives "cupholders!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* We did to. The one I descibed was just a big coffee stain though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 months ago Well, they weren't wrong permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago* (2 children) I don't remember ever seeing that exactly but I've seen all manner of cheap hardware and user error. Had a lady complain about her cup holder one time and yes she was talking about the cd drive. When we pulled the drive apart after replacing it there was a huge amount of dried coffee in it. She must have like it nearly solid with sugar and cream. Some guy came in complaining the windows background looked like sunset. It was overheating. The cpu and video card fan had so much paper dust in it that the fan blades had noticeably worn away and the dust had a mirror finish. I really wish I had taken a picture of that one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) about her cup holder one time and yes she was talking about the cd drive. This shit used to happen often enough that we joked calling optical drives "cupholders!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* We did to. The one I descibed was just a big coffee stain though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca [S] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) about her cup holder one time and yes she was talking about the cd drive. This shit used to happen often enough that we joked calling optical drives "cupholders!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* We did to. The one I descibed was just a big coffee stain though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* We did to. The one I descibed was just a big coffee stain though. permalink fedilink source parent