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What's the dumbest thing you've done to fix a tech issue? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 months ago by Evkob@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Maybe not dumb just dark and absurd, but called the cops.

Worked at a retail computer store with repair shop. Extremely assholish customer drops off his machine for an install of a "defective" piece of hardware he couldn't manage to install on his own, arguing that install should be free because it's our fault, somehow. Service manager cuts him a deal anyway just to make him happy.

He drops off his PC. Tech takes the machine, boots it up, bam... CSAM on his desktop. Cops came and got the PC, never saw the piece of shit again.

Actually this happened a few times but only once was the customer rude at first.

Retail is depressing.

[–] GhoulishVTX@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Told someone to take their headset off their keyboard when help application kept appearing on their screen.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Opened and revived a DOA GameGear by cleaning off the furry, green, PCB corrosion. Didn't have any Isopropyl around, so I used vodka.

[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

Individually press all the Shift, Alt and Ctrl keys.

This was back in the Windows 95 days and persisted for quite a few versions. The symptoms were that when typing you'd get accented or no characters, basically Windows thought one of the keys was held down. It happened more often than you'd think.

[–] 5parky@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have revived multiple computers and my mom's windshield wipers with concussive application of a rubber chicken.

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[–] ray1992xd@feddit.nl 1 points 4 months ago

First things first: if people call me they really have a problem and 9 times out of 10 it is not their fault. But, me standing next to the machine while they reproduce the problem "fixes" it about half the time.

Seems like random glitches that only last a minute or two.

[–] Goretantath@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Stopped using the PC for a week. Came back and an update came out and everything was good. Sometimes theres nothing you can do.

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