Bodge JobsIf you can't fix it with a hammer and a roll of duck tape, it's not worth fixing at all, my old mate said minutes before that nasty business with the hammer and a roll of duck tape. Tell us of McGyver-like repairs and whether they were a brilliant success or a health and safety nightmare.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 11:58)
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My station for a paper clip100 TeraByte storage array in a TV station hanging off a single "boss" PC running a database, without which the station might transmit porn on the kids channels.
And no backup of the database...
The all-too-thinkable happens and the box goes down.
As it has no external power switch, but a custom (read "crap") control unit inside, it won't turn on.
One phone call from me: "Get the lid off, grab cable x, stick a paperclip in the loose header end on the red pin and tap it against the case."
Back on, and normal service is resumed.
And that is how I saved a TV station from running out of porn, by fixing their 100TB storage array with a paperclip.
(, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 12:09, Reply)
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