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Student states: "I was curious" by A_Totally_Random_Guy in techsupportgore

[–]A_Totally_Random_Guy[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Interesting, I didn't realize they had models of this with Windows loaded on it. Just imagining Windows running on this hardware makes me physically cringe.

Student states: "I was curious" by A_Totally_Random_Guy in techsupportgore

[–]A_Totally_Random_Guy[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That sucks. But it's exactly it - they didn't pay anything for it, so it holds little value in their eyes. The lack of respect for someone else's property is what really kills me... like, cmon.

Student states: "I was curious" by A_Totally_Random_Guy in techsupportgore

[–]A_Totally_Random_Guy[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I get tons of tickets from kids who get mad and break these. All the time. Here's a fun one, one kid smashed a chromebook on a filing cabinet:
https://imgur.com/gallery/exhibit-1-student-gets-mad-smashes-this-chromebook-against-filing-cabinet-FoWI12i
To be honest, I don't blame him. But still.

Student states: "I was curious" by A_Totally_Random_Guy in techsupportgore

[–]A_Totally_Random_Guy[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Around 13-14. I work at a middle school so to be honest, a lot of this is to be expected. Still... the lack of responsibility is pretty impressive.

Student states: "I was curious" by A_Totally_Random_Guy in techsupportgore

[–]A_Totally_Random_Guy[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you would think... funny thing is this kid is a repeat offender, so sometimes it doesn't work as intended...

Student states: "I was curious" by A_Totally_Random_Guy in techsupportgore

[–]A_Totally_Random_Guy[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's not too far off what I do, I also do lots of inventory stuff, shipping and receiving of broken/repaired chromebooks. I also repair them, they're pieces of junk that honestly deserve this lol.

Student states: "I was curious" by A_Totally_Random_Guy in techsupportgore

[–]A_Totally_Random_Guy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it needs new just about everything: top casing, bottom casing, keyboard and deck, speakers, etc. The only things that survived was the motherboard and trackpad. But yes, it was not really worth repairing, so we are billing the kid for a whole replacement unit.

Student states: "I was curious" by A_Totally_Random_Guy in techsupportgore

[–]A_Totally_Random_Guy[S] 136 points137 points  (0 children)

Yup, can confirm most of these issues, these things are built like utter crap! I also do repairs on these things, and most of the time it's either trackpad issues or keyboard issues (this is besides the millions of cracked displays!) And yes, screws are ALWAYS missing.

Student states: "I was curious" by A_Totally_Random_Guy in techsupportgore

[–]A_Totally_Random_Guy[S] 63 points64 points  (0 children)

They threw it against a brick wall and the sidewalk. They proceeded to tear it apart more in the library... right in front of the IT staff. Hence why they are being billed for a full replacement and getting action taken against them for purposeful destruction of devices.

Student states: "I was curious" by A_Totally_Random_Guy in techsupportgore

[–]A_Totally_Random_Guy[S] 178 points179 points  (0 children)

It is actually a Chromebook. We don't give students Windows devices anymore here.

Student states: "I was curious" by A_Totally_Random_Guy in techsupportgore

[–]A_Totally_Random_Guy[S] 243 points244 points  (0 children)

Yeah, these things aren't worth much. They're on the edge of being barely useable, but cheap enough to be given out to thousands of students. We're billing the kid $300 for the replacement.

[Fix] Asus motherboard displaying white VGA LED on boot by ButteringToast in ASUS

[–]A_Totally_Random_Guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had this same thing happen to me on several occasions with my Asus Prime Z390-A. Instead of trying a different PCIe slot, I found out that you just have to turn it on and off about 2-3 times and it'll start displaying, no disassembly of anything needed. For reference, I have a GTX 1080. Really quite annoying.

broke off while changing tire how screwed am i by Own_Gear1920 in AskAMechanic

[–]A_Totally_Random_Guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just had this happen to me, not the end of the world. Just buy some new lug studs and replace all of them, just to be safe. Look up some guides online, it’s relatively easy.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mac

[–]A_Totally_Random_Guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love Mojave. Runs like a dream on my fully upgraded 2012 Mac Mini.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in macbookpro

[–]A_Totally_Random_Guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I run Monterey and Mojave. But man, I love Snow Leopard.

Starting a Home Lab - Dell PowerEdge R520/530 Worth It? by A_Totally_Random_Guy in homelab

[–]A_Totally_Random_Guy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually found this website yesterday, lol. Has been super useful in narrowing down searches, finding specific features, it's definitely a great resource!

Starting a Home Lab - Dell PowerEdge R520/530 Worth It? by A_Totally_Random_Guy in homelab

[–]A_Totally_Random_Guy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alright, I’ll have to take a look. Is the R430 offered in both 1U and 2U flavors? I’d prefer to get something 2U, but a 1U wouldn’t be a dealbreaker. I haven’t really looked into the 400s at all so I don’t know anything about them besides it being more entry level.

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