Was dealing with an old build and the paste was hardened. A little isopropyl alcohol on a cloth made it easy. Keeps my repairs moving fast.
Tried reseating the memory on a customer's rig that kept crashing. Now it won't even power on, and I'm stuck figuring out if I zapped something. Any tips for avoiding this kind of fail?
I was cleaning up a family friend's old desktop that kept crashing. Found a hidden script that was using their extra internet bandwidth to host free public Wi-Fi in their neighborhood. Had to figure out if I should delete it since it was unauthorized, or keep it running because it was actually helping people. Ended up leaving it after talking to them, but man, that was a strange day.
Not every odd file means someone did something bad, idk.
I once believed blowing out a dusty tower was just a quick cosmetic step before real fixes. After a clogged fan caused an overheating failure I missed, I now treat it as a key part of the check. Has cleaning routines caught anyone else off guard like that?