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Thread ID: 77671 2007-03-18 05:35:00 For the techs - Essential trouble shooting hardware? Tukapa (62) PC World Chat
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533994 2007-03-19 10:00:00 Wanting to start compiling a wee toolbox of those things you people in the know consider to be the 'essentials'.

back in the day I had a 3KG tool box with all sorts of fixing stuff...
power supply tester, PCI video card, PCI network card.
network cable, cross over network cable.
8 piece screwdriver set
thermal paste
anti-static strap
IDE cables
serial cables.
spare CD-rom drive
about 5 different boot floppy's
spare 2 GB hard drive.
about 30 CD's of software.




over time I have trimmed it down as I found most of it never gets used.
now i take:
1 $15 DSE multimeter
1 leatherman
1 paper clip
1 4GB thumbdrive.

and on the upside, a leatherman micro, paperclip and thumb drive all fit in my watch pocket of my trousers, this means i carry most of my kit all day every day.

if it cant be fixed with that list then its a "back to the workshop" kind of a job.
robsonde (120)
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