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Tech Support People Are Sharing The Worst Cases They’ve Seen While On The Job (30 New Pics)
You don't need to be a computer person to know that exposed wires are trouble. Or that driving a bolt through a screen might cause it to go black. But to some people, technology is so foreign that even these concepts are hard to grasp.
So when they inevitably damage their software and hardware, someone needs to show up and fix the problems... As well as take a picture and post it on the subreddit 'Tech Support Gore' to remind everyone that IT literacy matters.
Continue scrolling to check out the sub's latest posts and for the older carnage that appeared on it, fire up our previous publications on this funny online community here, here, and here.
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So Mac Doesnt Support Windows But Atleast It Supports Doors
Time To Hang Up The Wreath
I Drove Over An Hour For This
Engineers be like: "Let's create different and very distinguishable shapes for plugs so that no one could possibly mix up the cables and the right sockets!" N00bs: "Challenge accepted!"
They Said "My PC Shut Off Suddenly And Won't Turn Back On"
Just Realised I Haven't Had To Do This For Years
Wondering The Story Behind This
Two-factor authentication. You need to have both parts before you can log on...
As a two factor victim, I wish I could give you more upvotes. I never seem to have my phone in the same room as my computer.
Load More Replies...Only a paid extended warranty would cover that (more akin to insurance). Certainly not the manufacturer warranty. Those tend to only cover defects. I can certainly see someone who doesn't know that to try something like this in an attempt to get a new one. Some people will try anything to skirt the system.
Load More Replies...We’re going through a divorce and we are splitting everything half and half!
The jolly green giant's grandma is gonna be pissed that someone used her pinking shears without asking.
I have never wanted to know the story behind a picture more in my LIFE.
There is definitely an interesting story behind that one... You would need to purposely saw through the laptop with a band saw to do that, and not to mention it would be really hard to to
Honestly, who of us has never wanted to do this when the laptop is acting up?
My mate has a laptop nailed to his van door due to "technical issues"
Bob: "Oh yeah? I'll bet your laser won't cut through my laptop!" Voiceover: "Bob learned an important lesson that day..."
Its truly awesome what you can do with high enough water pressure.. seen them cut thru 2" steel plate like a hot knife thru butter... Well a slow hot knife
Replace caps and optos, some apoxy, a replacement screen and it will be good as new
I find this oddly soothing. I've worked many days in admin where I've felt like doing this.
Holy smokes, that is an IBM laptop, the older series for Lenovo Xs... it is almost unbreakable... and that cut is pretty clean... ... now I also wish to know what happened to that machine! :D
Service shop just got a laser deck, and some idiot forgot to check before her turned it on..
I CUT THIS COMPUTER IN HALF TO SHOW YOU THE POWER OF FLEX TAPE
Load More Replies...One use for a crappy Intel machine - turn it into machine performance art!
This reminds me of an old boss who quit in a big huff. But not before drilling a half inch hole through his not backed up laptops hard drive
It must be a great assistance service, if someone thinks they can fit that.
My Mom Said That It Once Shocked Her When She Plugged It In
Travelled 1000km To Fix 5 Brand New Desktops Which Are Slow For Strange Reasons. Strange Reasons:
Dj Electrocutioner
Braided Cables
"On A Scale Of One To Ten How Recoverable Is The Data On This Disk?"
What Does The Word "Fragile" Mean?
I'm A Computer Noob But I Open My Laptop To Look For Tracking Devices
I Tried Setting My Alarm For Tomorrow… I May Need A New Clock
Not Oc But This Hurt Me Enough To Hurt You Too
Why Won’t My Call Go Through?
Anybody Up For Char Broiled GPU?
If they managed to do this by simply using the computer then that is impressive.
Not My Image But Oh Dear
Burned Cigarette Marks On A Ps4 Brought In For Repair. Device Was Filled With Dead Roaches
My Grandma's TV After The Housecleaners Cleaned Her TV With A Mystery Liquid (Gone Wrong)
God Sucked A*s At Cable Management
Ladies And Gentlemen: The US Government
Brand New Laptop Off The Truck
PC Has Been Up Against My Desk For A While. That Won't Be Continuing
My Cousin Cleaned The Laptop While I Was Away For A Bit, I Come Back To This
My Boss Placing A Deada*s Pot Of Ice Twice A Day On The Transformer (If That’s What It’s Called) Cus It Keeps Overheating And The Entire Pos & Internet Server Goes Down
My Laptop Isn't Working
Someone Knows Where Can I Get That Router Skin ?
So, How Much Thermal Paste Should I Use?
I Present The: "Hey Guys, Dropped My Phone, Can Ifixit??"
Got A New Stand For My iPad I Love It
How Much For A Repair?
Now Thatsa Spicya Apple - Full Airbag Deployment
Speed Holes! They Make The Switch Go Faster!
Mercury Thermal Paste
Which Ev Charger Would You Like Installed? “Yes”
This Is Why My Company Doesn't Buy From This Vendor Anymore
On A Fishing Boat Where Everyone Stands Around Soaked In Salt Water 👍
Visiting My Mother For The First Time In A While. 'Oh, I Have A Computer Problem You Could Maybe Help Me With' She Has Been Using It Like This For Months, Including Flying With It
Wait, flew with a spicy pillow problem?! Geez, that could have ended very badly.
Snap
No, Just No
A PSU That Hasn't Been Clean For At Least 25 Years
8 generations of rust, dust, dirt, and the devils crust are on that PSU
I Don't Think I Can Salvage This One
Yep, That Is Honey
I Saw Your Nicotine PC And I Raise You This
I've done IT for 30 years. Smokers computers are the worst. Tar from the smoke is sticky and dust sticks to it. That's what it does to your lungs too.
It Security Is Job Number One
I See Your Band-Aid Fix, And I Present My Own, Bent-Paperclip-Bit-Around-Screw Fix
I.t. Knows
Colleague Got This Today
Reached To Unplug This Power Supply And Got A Good Jolt. Old Prongs Sticking Out Of This Live Extension Cord In A Drop Ceiling At A Bowling Alley I Was Working At
Well, F**k. Hopefully It's Just A Bypass Cap That's Not Actually Needed
The Pink Screen Of Death (Chip On LCD Board Is Broken)
When The Users Push Their Tower PC As Far Back Against The Desk Privacy Board As It Will Go
Someone Sent It This After They Got Fired
Oh My. Customer Claimed It Was Used In A Cattle Feedlot. Wont Boot And Stinks Like Really Bad. Wish Me Luck 🤮
Ignoring The Filthy Keyboard, This Thinkpad's Trackpad Was Cracked By Sheer Finger Pressure
Hes Tiled His Desktop. Creative
Fun prank that used to be done back in the earlier days of windows (guess you could still do it), would be to take a screen shot, move all the files from the desktop into a folder and make the screenshot the desktop background. I, of course, never did this...seriously....I didn't.
Employee: Hey The Cooling Fan Died, I Can Salvage One From A Dead Computer In The Back. Management: Nah, I've Got A Way Better Idea
I Don't Know Why But My Computer Is Shutting Down After 5 Minutes
This Cpu On Display In A Children’s Museum
Gives Meaning To “The Networks’ Gone To S**t!”
I Was Trying To Create A Partition Of 1 Tb
Nah, someone bent that in a press. That doesn't happen on accident, not that clean and precise.
Fiber Switch
Studs, Who Needs Studs
Our Freenas Server Sometimes Becomes Unavailable. Could You Check What Is Wrong With It?
My 3070 Ti Wouldn’t Fit, So I Made Some Room. This Is Fine?
Flood-Damaged UPS Main Board
I’m Guessing This Will Work
My Ssd Failed To Boot… First Time I’ve Seen This Error Lol
Didn't know you could change your language to Old prospector English. (There is Gold in them there Chips).
Best Way To Measure This Cell's Dimensions?
Spicy MacBook Pillows
My Co-Worker Sometimes Misses A Screw
Rip 2020-2022
I Thought You Guys Would Enjoy This
Your Posts Reminded Me Of This At My Job
The Contractor Built The Endpoint On The Wrong Side Of The Wall
Be Careful When Unplugging The Laptop, The Stores Security System Might Go Out With It :,)
Mouse I Am Currently Using At Work… Delivery Guy Better Get Here Quick
This Came Over My Works Group Chat This Morning
Does This Count? "Beat Up Like Crazy" Core 2 Duo On Ebay
Did A Battery Replacement For An UPS, We Recommend To Do So Every 3 Years, This Is 5 Years Later
One time at helpdesk, we were changing the battery pack on a rack mounted ups, and the some idiot wired one of the cells backwards (+ -> +, - -> -). We turned it on, there was pop, some smoke, and the smell of burnt silicon.
We Had A Company Come Today To Valuate Our Old Fleet Of Macbooks. I Had Them Neatly Stacked Vertically Along The Shelf…. They Decided They Want To Play Expensive Jenga
"It Definitely Didn't Get Wet"
Note that sometimes people don't realise that it has gotten wet. Roommate in Beijing had her laptop seize due to the summer humidity; and my last one died because housemate spilled drink on the table with it on, cleaned everything up, and told no one until a rant about the computer tech being an a*sehole about not knowing why it had gotten wet.
M.2 Ssd Screws Are Over-Rated
Holy Broodmother
Spent 10 Hours Looking For The Cause Of Our Network Storm And
Great Cable Management At A Sports Bar
When Your Pet Rat Escapes With The Intention Of Burning Down The House (Little F**ker Was Completely Fine)
Rats are amazing pets, like tiny dogs! You can even teach them to walk on a leash and do tricks!
Found Your Connection Issue
The Rear Side Of Linus's Main Server Rack
Would You Believe I Work In A Place With All The Knowledge And Tools To Make This Connection The Correct Way?
Needs A Small Amount Of Cleaning
Ethernet Abuse
Sorry For The Social Media Screenshot, But I Couldn't Not Repost This. Yes, I Had To Censor His Card Number
Fires Are Cool Too
User States The Device "Pops And Smokes A Little"
I'm Really Happy With This Hinge Repair. (Not Gonna Spend $100 For A Replacement Lid)
I’ve Seen Worn Out/Broken LCD’s, But Never Like This
Get What You Pay For?
Costumer: "No I Don't Want To Pay For You To Build My PC. I'll Do It Myself"
A Lonely Forgotten Amd Gpu At Work
Found On Aliexpress
My Worplace Dead Battery Storage
Customer: “Can You Back Up My Data Onto This? It Was A Good Deal At 40 Bucks!”
This is very much fake. Currently, 2TB flash drives would never be so cheap, and they can't be produced reliably so aren't going to the commercially available to the layman. This is definitely hacked to read 2TB but is probably 8/16GB. If you need this much portable storage - get an SSD or external HDD.
Don't Store Your Rfid Access Card In Your Phone Case If You Use Wireless Charging
I do a monthly de-dusting on my pc, a little bit more during shedding months, rabbit fur gets everywhere as its such fine fur.
When i had my lionhead, i forgot to dust my PC one month and ended up blowing whole rabbits out of it the next time. It builds up pretty quick.
Load More Replies...*Don't have a pick, honestly it's for the best it was nasty.... Anyways, One time at helpdesk, customer brings in their laptop in saying it won't start up. We open the laptop and their is this familiar stench that I can't quite place floods the room, and there are these gross looking brown crystals all over the system board. Turns out their cat peed in their laptop bag and just SOAKED the laptop. Ugh.
Yeah, ammonia. I once had one of those super nice viewsonic screens that had a way better refresh than most. Same fate. I almost killed a cat, but instead starting bagging my monitor when I wasn't using it.
Load More Replies...I worked tech support when I was like 18-19, but I've always sounded much younger than I really am. Plus, I'm female, so somehow I always ended up getting the callers that demanded to talk to a man because obviously a "little girl couldn't know much about computers." One night I got one of thise callers, but all of the other guys on my shift were on calls. Guy starts ranting about how we sold him a bad computer, it had turned on earlier and was working fine but it just stopped. It was a Dell laptop (I don't remember the model, but 2001-2003 was when I worked there), so I ran though my normal troubleshooting. Nothing worked, so I told him I was starting the RMA process, and I apologized for all of the trouble, when he goes "oh wait, the power in my building just came back on." He seriously didn't understand why his power being off would affect a dead laptop battery.
In Drama this year we were working on some scenes we'd written and our director (An older student taking the directing class my school offers) walks out to go do something. One of the girls goes up to perform her scene, accidentally drops her Chromebook, and the screen just... pops off... We all just stare at it for a moment because despite being detached, the screen is still on. So the girl just clicks it back onto the rest of the computer and says "We do not tell [director] about this"
Are you sure it wasn't a 2-in-1 Chromebook? Where it's a hybrid tablet
Load More Replies...I read these pretending to know anything about technology meanwhile I don't even know my own wifi password
Weary lieutenant sent in a piece of ASW gear to my AIMD shop. Guess he had enough of USN acronyms for the day. Work order said "Does not work in OFF position."
I do a monthly de-dusting on my pc, a little bit more during shedding months, rabbit fur gets everywhere as its such fine fur.
When i had my lionhead, i forgot to dust my PC one month and ended up blowing whole rabbits out of it the next time. It builds up pretty quick.
Load More Replies...*Don't have a pick, honestly it's for the best it was nasty.... Anyways, One time at helpdesk, customer brings in their laptop in saying it won't start up. We open the laptop and their is this familiar stench that I can't quite place floods the room, and there are these gross looking brown crystals all over the system board. Turns out their cat peed in their laptop bag and just SOAKED the laptop. Ugh.
Yeah, ammonia. I once had one of those super nice viewsonic screens that had a way better refresh than most. Same fate. I almost killed a cat, but instead starting bagging my monitor when I wasn't using it.
Load More Replies...I worked tech support when I was like 18-19, but I've always sounded much younger than I really am. Plus, I'm female, so somehow I always ended up getting the callers that demanded to talk to a man because obviously a "little girl couldn't know much about computers." One night I got one of thise callers, but all of the other guys on my shift were on calls. Guy starts ranting about how we sold him a bad computer, it had turned on earlier and was working fine but it just stopped. It was a Dell laptop (I don't remember the model, but 2001-2003 was when I worked there), so I ran though my normal troubleshooting. Nothing worked, so I told him I was starting the RMA process, and I apologized for all of the trouble, when he goes "oh wait, the power in my building just came back on." He seriously didn't understand why his power being off would affect a dead laptop battery.
In Drama this year we were working on some scenes we'd written and our director (An older student taking the directing class my school offers) walks out to go do something. One of the girls goes up to perform her scene, accidentally drops her Chromebook, and the screen just... pops off... We all just stare at it for a moment because despite being detached, the screen is still on. So the girl just clicks it back onto the rest of the computer and says "We do not tell [director] about this"
Are you sure it wasn't a 2-in-1 Chromebook? Where it's a hybrid tablet
Load More Replies...I read these pretending to know anything about technology meanwhile I don't even know my own wifi password
Weary lieutenant sent in a piece of ASW gear to my AIMD shop. Guess he had enough of USN acronyms for the day. Work order said "Does not work in OFF position."