Travelled 1000km to fix 5 brand new Desktops which are slow for strange reasons. Strange reasons:1wk ⋅ crippledchameleon ⋅ r/techsupportgore
My mom didn't like the yellowed colour so she decided to put nail polish on the printer despite my objections.1yr ⋅ Mc_Callum_99 ⋅ r/techsupportgore
User calls about disc being stuck in another computer, mentions off hand about this laptop. They had been using and charging it like this for weeks...2yr ⋅ Aderplaide ⋅ r/techsupportgore
User spilt coffee on his laptop - so he put it in the oven to dry it out...1yr ⋅ smarthawk ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Cleaning out a PC belonging to a Cutting stone shop. (x-post from r/gifs)5yr ⋅ SamWiseGimly ⋅ r/techsupportgore
PS5 in for HDMI replacement. Kid said “I pushed the cable in a little too hard”.1yr ⋅ cdq1985 ⋅ r/techsupportgore
All our datacenter equipment started firing off temperature alerts. Unrelated, our cleaning staff was doing a deep cleaning of our datacenter after a flood.9mo ⋅ stone500 ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Say hello to Big Bertha, A 1.69 TB Text file. Over 108 Billion Lines1yr ⋅ XandrowH ⋅ r/techsupportgore
What mandatory sanitizing at work did to my brand new $2,000 laptop last winter1yr ⋅ lesbiab ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Customer states she could not copy files on this 60$ 2tb ssd from amazon1yr ⋅ LhosteShiryu ⋅ r/techsupportgore
An internet provider pulled fiber to every home in my neighbourhood almost a year ago. They never finished the connections.1yr ⋅ Muffer-Nl ⋅ r/techsupportgore
To ensure maximum keyboard stability, HP decided 57 screws was the magic number for the X360.1yr ⋅ Voxata ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Plugging in your USB receiver with a hammer for that flush mounted look.3yr ⋅ Viciouspom ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Electrician friend just sent me this, found during a portable appliance test1yr ⋅ kryptopeg ⋅ r/techsupportgore
“My flash drive won’t show up and I’ve literally tried everything!”4yr ⋅ nopenotamish ⋅ r/techsupportgore
My brother-in-law bought a cheap 2TB ssd, but he said it was slow and not working properly, so he wanted me to check it out and... nice11mo ⋅ Mayban36 ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Work for local high school, the disc drive wasn’t working. Probably been there since 20124yr ⋅ daking11712312 ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Thanks to poor planning, this is how I have to service this equipment.5mo ⋅ sp00nix ⋅ r/techsupportgore
I hoped that I'd never be able to provide this subreddit with original content, yet here we are.10mo ⋅ MaximumEffort433 ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Talk about a security risk. I stopped at a gas station, and their sole, family bathroom hosted the rack for the whole station.2yr ⋅ bigbuzz55 ⋅ r/techsupportgore
This doesn't look like much but this little asphalt repair destroyed a 1200ft fiber run. Easily looking at $20k repair.1yr ⋅ magicone2571 ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Our scanner stopped working and I don't how to plug it back in1yr ⋅ Almightydirtyjake ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Taking 5 year old SSDs out of 8 year old laptops to make some 10 year old desktops less shit1yr ⋅ the123king-reddit ⋅ r/techsupportgore
My hard drive died and i tried to fix it but got stuck. Can you recover the data for me?1yr ⋅ the123king-reddit ⋅ r/techsupportgore
I was wondering why my computer had bluescreens. Now I am wondering why my computer was able to boot up at all.3yr ⋅ vinni_private ⋅ r/techsupportgore
This is why you should restrict access to the server room before firing your IT guy5yr ⋅ Gnurx ⋅ r/techsupportgore
My buddy couldn't get into his harddrive through the OS, so he decided to brute force it.6mo ⋅ kalez238 ⋅ r/techsupportgore
I straightened bent pins with tweezer, but it won't work afterwards2yr ⋅ ShermanLiu ⋅ r/techsupportgore
This pressure washer (runs at 12 volts) uses the same plug as a rice cooker or a desktop computer (typically runs on 100-240 volts). It's just a matter of time before someone accidentally plugs it directly to the outlet, if they lose the adapter.3mo ⋅ CompUser01 ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Client had been running a 1070 with a custom water block cooler for five years but he's never had any water cooling in the Box.5mo ⋅ TONKAHANAH ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Customer states: took laptop apart to get data off and could not figure out how. Left the screws off for you to make it easier. Data super important!!7mo ⋅ the_real_Shirley ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Does this count? Saw it when picking up some servers from auction1yr ⋅ Megasteel32 ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Customer brought in this iMac for not powering on... this is how he apparently uses it.2yr ⋅ raptordrew ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Bought a Vic 20. Came with a rad wasp nest. I reckon this is fine.11mo ⋅ PotatoKingIV ⋅ r/techsupportgore
I'm a computer noob but I open my laptop to look for tracking devices1mo ⋅ BenTheTechGuy ⋅ r/techsupportgore
The way the electrician repaired his own mistake at my home without notifying me (optical fiber entry link). They shouldn't notice1yr ⋅ louisgaga ⋅ r/techsupportgore
The cable of my favorite gaming mouse dragged along 300 miles of road hanging out my car door by mistake.5yr ⋅ thelifeofsteveo ⋅ r/techsupportgore
I pick up a stack of busted iPads almost every week from one of my middle schools.4yr ⋅ Bradlyeon ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Some one dropped this off, check that screen burn. It’s off.....4mo ⋅ flamewingdragon ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Person mistook led polarizing film for protective plastic film and peeled it off.4yr ⋅ joblessnerd ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Does my electric stove count as tech gore? Its failure is quite shocking...9mo ⋅ RXrenesis8 ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Nephew attempted to build his new machine without waiting for today to have me do it with him. Bye bye 3600x9mo ⋅ chetoflep ⋅ r/techsupportgore
SMART data says failure. I had to open the HDD to see what was wrong10mo ⋅ drempire ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Sorry guys, my bad, next time I'll be more careful transporting the Instagram and WhatsApp servers1yr ⋅ N1664TR0N3000 ⋅ r/techsupportgore
When a teacher decides to buy and install a screen protector on their own.2yr ⋅ anondeadpixel ⋅ r/techsupportgore
One of our clients couldn't figure out why his wireless keyboard and mouse weren't working1yr ⋅ sKiLoVa4liFeZzZ ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Shoutout to the cell phone repair shop that “worked” on this Xbox Series X before it came to me.1yr ⋅ cdq1985 ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Someone purchased a CPU from me to do an upgrade. It didn't work and then his old one wouldn't either so he sent the laptop to me to have a look. He managed to put the CPU in the wrong way round!8mo ⋅ Mc_Callum_99 ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Student spilled nail polish on computer. Mother tried to clean it and washed off 26 keys1yr ⋅ SpicyBoyCam ⋅ r/techsupportgore
“Hey, grab those couple of PCs in storage down on lower level, I need one.” Here you go boss, I fetched a PC for you.1yr ⋅ treletraj ⋅ r/techsupportgore
My friend drilled holes in his mouse to make it lighter so it would give him an advantage.3yr ⋅ Precastpie ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Yea, the printer will not print if you leave the plastic packaging on the paper!1yr ⋅ spazzo246 ⋅ r/techsupportgore
The gore here is that this is still being used daily by my customer. Refuses to upgrade.3yr ⋅ DyedSun ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Mom, can we get business-grade Ethernet Switch? - No, we have business-grade Ethernet Switch at home. - Business-grade Ethernet Switch at home:1yr ⋅ themo98 ⋅ r/techsupportgore
A friend of mine is a nurse and a family brought this in to be given to a patient. God is dead2yr ⋅ wasabisauced ⋅ r/techsupportgore
End user had a heater next to the PC which was randomly shutting off and she thought she had smelled burning a couple of times. It is literally screaming2yr ⋅ Dragon_Khan ⋅ r/techsupportgore
It turns out the SSD in a Microsoft Surface IS removable after all!1yr ⋅ weazelbeater ⋅ r/techsupportgore
my boyfriend is trying to solder a M.2 port onto his server. needless to say, im judging1yr ⋅ cravingcinnamon ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Customer came in with a 512GB SSD in their MacBook Pro that only had 77GB of their own data on it, yet it was reading as full of other files. After some digging it turns out that Apple Mail & Gmail were writing a new Encyclopedia Britannica behind the scenes. That's a whole lot of text.1yr ⋅ Po1eTrain ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Dude smashes his laptop screen and plugs an 11 one in to replace. dunno if its a macgyver or gore. i think more gore3yr ⋅ bladeITguy ⋅ r/techsupportgore
The bad part about giving tech support to your local food place is seeing this and knowing you shouldn't eat there any more1yr ⋅ M4rK101 ⋅ r/techsupportgore
