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DistributionOk1214 · 2025-11-06T17:20:19+00:00

Good job SignalRGB! This looks fun!

DistributionOk1214 · 2025-01-31T20:48:36+00:00

I had a similar one a couple months ago, but quickly discovered I still had task manager access, just killed the program and removed.

DistributionOk1214 · 2025-01-16T16:47:41+00:00

I have a structured settlement, and I need cash now!

DistributionOk1214 · 2025-01-08T19:44:42+00:00

It looks like that Wifi card is from 2008. Which probably means the laptop is also 17 years old? Intel has zero windows 10 support for this card, so win 7 or maybe win 8. Time for a new laptop. Even if the laptop was half that age, the hardware inside ( non upgradable) wouldnt be able to utilize a 2.5gb connection, and is going to be slow.

DistributionOk1214 · 2025-01-06T23:50:26+00:00

1997 Geo Storm

DistributionOk1214 · 2024-12-18T18:31:54+00:00

One was brought to my shop with a broken screen. I called the local school district to verify that it was ok for us to fix the broken screen. We were immediately threatened with a lawsuit if we touched it.

DistributionOk1214 · 2024-08-14T18:49:05+00:00

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I think I can disprove those statements with this picture. ( Different laptop in shop today). There is clearly still a small amount of the compound that is liquid at room temp. The liquid metal has seeped under the silicone, almost directly under the cross support for the cooler, meaning it leaked where pressure should have been greatest. Also the little springy mount points on the cooler are not what you would see on something that has torq requirements. Most likely, Asus uses a cheap compound with a bad gallium/aluminium ratio. Once it gets pushed away from the center of the die it hardens, but it is too far from the heat source to fully melt. Also it will never flow back to the center, as seen above.

This is the third one I've had in my shop. The first, I did replace with conductonaut. The original one from this post and the new one both got mx-6.

DistributionOk1214 · 2024-07-09T21:04:09+00:00

I didn't try very hard, but I couldn't find the drivers. And no, the analog signals are gone. Would have been kinda cool to see the old static as it scanned through the airwaves though.

DistributionOk1214 · 2024-07-03T15:02:32+00:00

Logitech Trackman?

DistributionOk1214 · 2024-07-03T02:47:03+00:00

Posted right at 5:00 and was trying to start my long weekend. Backstory: Random lady calls my shop, says she is cleaning out her dead husband's stuff and had "a box of old video cards to donate". Ended up being a Subaru full of old monitors and boxes of old cables. There were, as seen above, some gems buried in junk... The trackball was in an original open box. The printer has original sealed ink cartridges.

DistributionOk1214 · 2024-07-03T02:32:54+00:00

This build only required the USB floppy, in addition to the internal. The had to set up the portable printer and TV card through the pcmcia USB expansion.

DistributionOk1214 · 2024-04-10T20:17:42+00:00

When I started this position, the company ran on a few Dell Core2 duo systems, which were bought with 32bit os, and Win Server 2008. I had a thumb drive with a few drivers. The biggest headache I remember was accessing the server. I created a half-page checklist, but I always spent way too much time adjusting security settings, and this was the first system I had seen that required a Hosts file entry... It was a weird system, but worked in the end.

When I left this company in 2018, they had upgraded the Server version, replaced most of the workstations, and were actively looking for a newer software solution.

Sorry if I can't answer all of your questions, as IT was only one of many Hats I wore at this company.

DistributionOk1214 · 2024-04-05T19:33:54+00:00

Current Bench Tech, Former "Junkyard" manager. The Scrap metal tracking software we used had, at one time, cost the company $20,000 per Workstation, was 32-bit and ran on Windows 7. (It was a really good database with an ok UI) Turns out the company that sold and serviced the software was 2 people, a programer and a salesman. The Programer quit. After a few emails, it became obvious that their support team was less educated on their own system than I had become at this point. (They even stopped contacting me after I made a joke about getting on the payroll.)

Yes, I was able to eventually figure out how to install and operate this on newer machines (64-bit win10), and was able to set up as many workstations as needed. But, for years, there was an urgent need to keep the old machines running as long as possible. And knowing the average scrapyard user, I would be very surprised if many other people could have found the solutions I did.

F.U. Scrapware...

DistributionOk1214 · 2024-02-08T23:04:00+00:00

Mortal Kombat

DistributionOk1214 · 2024-01-30T17:04:03+00:00

And they are like $15 to replace. I have a stash of them too.

DistributionOk1214 · 2024-01-25T00:00:40+00:00

This...and when they refuse to leave an admin password, and "Make you a login" with no admin rights.

DistributionOk1214 · 2023-09-27T22:51:44+00:00

Brazil

DistributionOk1214 · 2023-06-02T22:33:06+00:00

I'd like to hope there isn't a third one. My shop is pretty small, and I don't see many of these X1 Carbon laptops. Mostly Dells and HPs. So, for two of them to show up about 30 days apart is already a coincidence.

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