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Required Tools for PC Repair?

Posted by Cliff on from the what-do-you-use dept.

kennethrona asks: "I seem to be spending a lot of my time installing friends' WiFi access points, replacing power supplies, hard disks, blocking ports, installing software, etc. I can usually find any of the software I need on-line, but am thinking about putting together a "toolkit" for PC repair. What tools, both hardware and software, does the community think are essential for PC repair? Bonus points for free software (I always install a free firewall and spyware checker). Also, keep in mind that most folks are running Windows."

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  1. Baseball bat by seinman · · Score: 3, Funny

    So you can beat the shit out of the annoying bastards whom you're trying to help, but won't shut up about their stupid machine while you're trying to work.

  2. Re:Tape by forsetti · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know -- sometimes you hear an idea so simple, so basic, that you smack yourself in the head and shout 'Doh!! -- why didn't I think of that already!?!'
    Thanks for the tip!

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  3. Pillow by Andy+Smith · · Score: 3, Funny

    If it's a Dell you're fixing then take a pillow. You'll need something to scream into.

    1. Re:Pillow by plover · · Score: 3, Funny

      If it's a Compaq, you can use the pillow to muffle the shotgun blasts. But the neighbors will find out. They always find out.

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  4. Needed tools to successfuly fix computer by Smartcowboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    1- Bible
    2- Holy water
    3- Garlic
    4- Sacrificial knife
    5- Lambs

    1. Re:Needed tools to successfuly fix computer by Tumbleweed · · Score: 3, Funny

      No no, son, wrong religion for working with things as unholy as computers.

      Think more along the lines of chicken feet and pig's blood.

    2. Re:Needed tools to successfuly fix computer by cthugha · · Score: 3, Funny

      I always thought that a pentagram, goat's blood and some dribbly candles were involved, and that 5 on your list was "Virgins"...but then I guess that would put the technicians themselves in immediate and deadly peril, so I can see why it was changed.

  5. Non-Essential Tools by Inexile2002 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I used to work in a Future Shop with an in house repair shop. During some renovations, some contractor left some fairly heavy tools around that he took forever to come and pick up. (We had the damn things for almost 6 months.) These were serious construction tools like big ass drills with 2 foot bits, woodworking stuff, nail guns etc. For some reason, these tools were on the shelves in the repair area.

    You could see into the shop through some bay windows, and every now and then the repair guys would haul out this old broken down HP desktop they had and "work on it" with the heavy tools. We'd get a kick out of watching customers watch our repair guys go at a desktop with a rotating saw and a nailgun.

  6. Re:A Hammer, that's all you need! by More+Karma+Than+God · · Score: 2, Funny

    The hammer is for you, not the computer, just thwack yourself in the head whenever someone asks you for free computer help.

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  7. Hammer by DrZaius · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you can't fix it with a hammer, throw it out!

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  8. In Canada... by jo42 · · Score: 2, Funny

    We bring:

    0. Duct Tape
    1. One Toque.
    2. Two Snowshows.
    3. Three Prophets!

  9. what you really need... by Parsec · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... is this shirt.

  10. Re:My Suggestions by ameoba · · Score: 3, Funny

    You forgot to mention a stack of invoices so that you can offset the cost of building up that toolkit.

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