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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol this is my favorite one yet. There’s no way that’s a real stock photo from a legitimate outlet

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Synthead 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I love that the heat pipe is bent and they ripped a cap lid off by the socket, too. It's like they tried to take a photo of an inept worker but they were inept at being inept 😂

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How else are you supposed to remove the CPU?

Anyway, ineptitude can be shown more subtly with some actual mistakes people make:

  • Bent CPU pins from forceful insertion the wrong way.
  • Ripped wires off a connector by not releasing the lock first.
  • Prying off a fan’s blade rather than unscrewing its frame.
  • HDD open in an obviously unclean environment, scratches on platter.
  • Using an obviously wrong (wood) screw.
  • Connector tabs broken off, cable is now held in with inappropriate amounts of clear tape
  • Prying something that should obviously slide away in another direction, visible PCB bending.
  • Burning a flat plastic cable while attempting to solder it.
  • Using glue instead of solder
[–] Synthead 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

That's not a mistake people actually make. I picked some realistic, visible ones.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Noo! If you drill the chip, the magic smoke will come out.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Not if you clamp down on the defragulator, as shown in the picture

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Have they tried removing the cpu by throwing it into a wood chipper?

[–] TheOgreChef 6 points 1 year ago

As someone who knows nothing about electronics repair, this is what I assume happens in the back of every repair shop.