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Re:A Google Cloud support engineer solves a tough DNS case by rswail on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @03:44AM (#23244338)
Back in the 90s we had a faulty DELL server that someone decided needed to have its BIOS upgraded. They didn't read the specs and upgraded to a BIOS not supported by the CPU.

Motherboard is bricked. Ring DELL for support. After going through the rigmarole of explaining what had happened and that we had a bricked motherboard, the person on the phone said "Have you tried taking out the CPU and rebooting?"

To avoid further delay in getting a replacement sent (we had 4 hour on-site at the time), we went through the motions. Not surprisingly, the motherboard was substantially bricked without a CPU.

The DELL engineer that came on-site was suitably amused.

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Re:A Google Cloud support engineer solves a tough DNS case by Corrado on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @01:43PM (#23249648)
My neighbour's computer stopped working after a lightning storm and asked me to take a look at it. It wouldn't boot so I started taking things out of it (hard drive, video card, modem, etc.) and trying again.

Nothing worked. Finally, I removed the processor from the motherboard, looked at it, and reinstalled it. The computer booted right up and never had another problem. Weird.

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