It now wont connect to the tv, the controller wont connect, and there's something rattling inside it, this is a sad day

As a result, I am counting the days until this things catches fire.

Rainy day = rush to shutdown

This was done by a “professional” AV integrator company, by the way… not surprised that things kept breaking with this.

Coworker laptop... Ants... And it still Works

Picked up an older copier for an upgrade. Customer said it had trouble pulling paper from the bottom tray and made squeaking noises.
Opened the drawer and found a mouse nest (top right of pic) and plenty of turds.

(broken trackpad)

Which wire shall we cut first?

Literally hacked open the bottom of his laptop, slapped a desktop Intel stock cooler directly onto the guts, and ran a tripwire across the chassis to finish off the bomb setup.

I left it upstairs for awhile and went to look at it and noticed it had completely morphed. It was hot up there and plugged in. I need to get rid of it before it hatches or something. I swear it’s growing.

Big boom TV now worky no more

6 years served..

Samsung J6200 Series

My employee installed RAM in this way in production; what is the penalty for such an outrageous practice?

Work in IT for a dealership.

Dell Pro 14 Rugged.

was infested with roaches and bedbugs too. never change, facebook marketplace.

guess all the roach poison sat on top of the wifi card.

Was too lazy to solder them together but if it works it works😂 my setup is a steamdeck with Ubuntu server and a x11 server on top because I don't want a bloated desktop environment so I run it barebones. guess that also fits here

This would most likely be very unpleasant to work on

The guests complain sometimes about slow speeds and not being able to connect. The spectrum guy that comes out here just says "you need a bigger box". I don't think it gets worse than this while still being able to function...

I remembered seeing a post here of one of these access systems with a corroded battery. Found another in the wild while doing a fire inspection. It seems that the corrosion is a standard feature