Repair Shops Hack Laptops, PCs; Watch Out

[bill gates is your daddy]

[citation][nom]decepticon[/nom]Most of these comments that say "oh you could have done it like this to steal the data or pron or whatever" is probably a bunch on cretins who thrive on the misery of others.[/citation]

Not others...just you.

Lighten up. You are coming across as a douche-bag.

 

[bounty]

"loosened the connection to the internal memory chip"

Perhaps they didn't have the chip all the way out (lets say 1 512 stick out of a dual channel config, windows still boots), but just off enough to throw errors once in a while. Things heat up, or you lean on the keyboard just right and some of the contacts start to, or stop touching the memory contacts.

 

[falconqc]

I kind of resent that title and the article. I have my own business repairing computers, and while I do agree that most computer shops are worthless, putting us all in one bag is a mistake.

We aren't all crooks, and some of us even go a step further to make sure the client is happy and informed about what is happening in the process.

I can recall a similar case where the client would constantly get programs causing illegal operations in Windows. Our first step was to check for viruses, but about 100 removed infections later the problem persisted. We then checked the RAM and found out one of the 512Mb sticks was defective. We called the client and informed them of the cause of the problem.

In the end, we did charge for virus removal, since viruses were found and cleaned, but we did not charge for the replacement of RAM. Even though the client had not bought that hardware from us, we replaced her memory with the same brand we had in stock and RMA'd her stick to Kingston.

 

[salem80]

that's a shame .


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[decepticon]

[citation][nom]bill gates is your daddy[/nom]Not others...just you.Lighten up. You are coming across as a douche-bag.[/citation]


Yep, I'm the cretin for doing honest work. Sorry, you calling me a D-bag actually makes you look like the d-bag.