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

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

Lots of percussive maintenance going on around here, but one that sticks in my mind was testing some of the first 486DX PCs in 1990. One particular specimen from Compaq would only boot after hard power off by taking the lid off and tapping the CPU with a screwdriver. Worked fine after that.