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That time a customer insisted I just needed to 'blow on the cartridge'
He brought his gaming PC into my shop last week, convinced a dirty connection was causing his GPU to fail, and refused to believe me when I said it needed a full replacement after my diagnostics. Has anyone else had a client fight you on a clear hardware diagnosis like that?
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aaronlee1mo ago
My uncle ran a repair shop in the 90s and said this happened all the time with the original Nintendo. People would refuse to believe a game was just broken. That mindset stuck around, I guess. They see a simple fix that worked once and apply it to everything, even a thousand dollar video card. It's like telling a mechanic with a blown engine to just check the tire pressure.
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roberts.aaron1mo ago
True, but @aaronlee's uncle had it worse with cartridges.
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