invergowrie arab Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Today I saw someone (woman obvs) try to solve the problem of the projector not displaying what was on the laptop by opening and closing the empty disc drive. Can anyone beat that for sheer fucking desperation/ stupidity in the face of failing technology? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 The old whack on the side of CRT TVs was a good one. When the first XBoxes came out there was a problem with lead free soldering that caused shorts on the BGA chips, eventually leading to RROD. Once watched a video on YouTube that claimed to fix it what you needed to do was wrap the XBox in a towel and switch it on 'till the solder reflowed?! No thanks. Working in manufacturing I've seen some real cowboy stuff at times when falling behind orders. Absolutely scandalous tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unleash The Nade Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 What the f**k is the world coming to eh? They can land men on the moon, but people still wrap X boxes up in towels to reflow the fucking solder !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 The old whack on the side of CRT TVs was a good one. When the first XBoxes came out there was a problem with lead free soldering that caused shorts on the BGA chips, eventually leading to RROD. Once watched a video on YouTube that claimed to fix it what you needed to do was wrap the XBox in a towel and switch it on 'till the solder reflowed?! No thanks. Working in manufacturing I've seen some real cowboy stuff at times when falling behind orders. Absolutely scandalous tbh. The towel trick worked with a lot of RROD consoles. Not them all, but a good number of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unleash The Nade Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Did any towel work or did it have be a terry towelling one ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el buitre Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Washing machine packed up yesterday, 20 mins of fucking about = nothing, swift boot to the front of it = cycle started. Fingers crossed its been alright since Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Washing machine packed up yesterday, 20 mins of fucking about = nothing, swift boot to the front of it = cycle started. Fingers crossed its been alright since This will be out of date, however it hasn't stopped me before. A man is stopped by the police for having a faulty headlamp, 'no problem he says' giving it a kick and it glows into life, 'that's fine' says the plod, 'any chance you can give your road tax a kick, it expired two months ago' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 People who hit pc monitors when the actual pc is running slow (hitting the pc is equally stupid) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 The towel trick worked with a lot of RROD consoles. Not them all, but a good number of them. Dangerous doesn't even come close, Bit like replacing a fuse with a screw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Turning it off then back on surprisingly works most the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullywee Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Once, whilst gouching hungover at a friend's house, his Gran made an impromptu appearance and, after walking around the house doing whatever old women do, she came into the living room to say that his laptop would overheat if he didn't go up to his room and switch it off. Our tounge-in-cheek suggestion of opening his bedroom window in order to cool it down was funny to begin with, but a lot, lot funnier when we discovered that she'd actually gone and done exactly that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 My first car was an old VW Polo that ended up blowing the cylander head gasket which needed skimming......despite getting fixed the car still overheated unless I had the heaters on full heat & full blast.....summer driving was fcuking torture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Washing machine packed up yesterday, 20 mins of fucking about = nothing, swift boot to the front of it = cycle started. Fingers crossed its been alright since Perfect. The P&B mantra of "kick it in the pie" endures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addie Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 When I worked at the Royal Mint, some numpty tried to print £500 notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 When I worked at the Royal Mint, some numpty tried to print £500 notes. I'm sure I know some numpty that got paid with one of those notes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 my mate bought a Renault with a sun roof which started leaking. He took it back to the garage (a shower of cowboys. Let's call them something like.... Arnold Clerk). He was advised to smear Vaseline around the rim of the sun roof.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 Sega Megadrive game freezing/not loading? Remove cartridge and blow heavily inside. Aye but that worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 When I worked at the Royal Mint, some numpty tried to print £500 notes. I'm sure I know some numpty that got paid with one of those notes....Reported for cyberbullying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock001 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 The old whack on the side of CRT TVs was a good one. When the first XBoxes came out there was a problem with lead free soldering that caused shorts on the BGA chips, eventually leading to RROD. Once watched a video on YouTube that claimed to fix it what you needed to do was wrap the XBox in a towel and switch it on 'till the solder reflowed?! No thanks. Working in manufacturing I've seen some real cowboy stuff at times when falling behind orders. Absolutely scandalous tbh. Hitting anything with a loose connection has a chance of moving the wires inside and causing the connection to reestablish. Sega Megadrive game freezing/not loading? Remove cartridge and blow heavily inside. Having stuff like dust which isn't a good conductor get in the way could cause problems. Blowing the dust away fixed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 I kept my 360 going for a year after my first RROD using the towel trick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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