[CS-FSLUG] Road Kit

[l4c]

Ed Hurst wrote:
> Now, for some of you experienced service technicians, tell me what you
> would carry for a house-call kit. I now have an assortment of CDs with
> distros and software. I have Tom's Rootboot disk (and need to learn how
> to use it). I have the usual Phillips screw-driver, a couple of dusting
> brushes, and a pair of surgical forcepts for hard-to-reach places.
> 
> What else would you carry?
> 

A couple cans of compressed air, a spare working IDE cable or two, a 
small mirror (trust me), a magnetic pick up tool (I have dropped *lots* 
of screws into cases and tight places on mb's), and a spare working ps2 
powersupply.  Those things will take care of 90% of every service call 
you get.  Now if you really want to get fancy, get a small multimeter, a 
small assortment of different fans (Pentium,video,amd-duron, etc.) Carry 
a spare PCI video card, usb mouse (with ps2 adapter), ps2 keyboard, add 
in a nice pair of pliers (and power screwdriver) and start making backup 
copies of the drivers the computers you run into on a typical basis use.

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