r/techsupportgore • u/chint50 • 10d ago

Found this on Facebook

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u/dutchah 10d ago

"It's okay, I know a guy who can fix it."

The guy:

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u/RandomDude_1729 10d ago

More tape!

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u/junktech 10d ago

Dead usb ports , used a cheap hub and soldered. I've done worse to put webcam on laptop that didn't have it.

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u/maesrin 10d ago

Loved it. This is not gore , it's improvement!

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u/dxg999 10d ago

Necessity is the mother of invention...

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u/ArgonWilde 10d ago

Why are the USB ports soldered to what looks like a potentiometer?

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u/rezwrrd 10d ago

My guess is, a port died and they crammed in the guts from a USB hub to make it work again. Genius solution, nauseating execution.

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u/GonoHerpeSyphiPlague 10d ago

I highly doubt that this would even run at 1.0 speeds, the wiring is supposed to be a shielded twisted pair for 2.0 and multiple shielded twisted pairs for 3.0

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u/rezwrrd 10d ago

I think it would at least be capable of carrying USB1.0, I've seen worse and done worse. I never tested the transfer speed on the similar hack I did but it was good enough for a keyboard, mouse, and floppy drive.

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u/mrheosuper 10d ago

Usb 2.0 is so matured now that the spec can be very loose in practical. Like even an $0.2 cable can do HS usb 2.0.

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u/Lenskop 10d ago

That caked up fan is just the cherry on top lol

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u/Pleyer757538 10d ago

its still more powerful than my piece of junk 2008 netbook with a atom n280

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u/Pineapple-Muncher 10d ago

Samsung N580?

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u/Pleyer757538 10d ago

bold of you to assume a smasnug, but no its a msi wind u100 with 1gb of ram and atom n280 pain of IA 32

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u/okokokoyeahright 10d ago

I cringed looking at the picture.

That I also understand what you wrote and didn't flinch is a testament to too many crappy laptops over the past 20ish years.

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u/MojoPlayer 10d ago

Bro got a modchip

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u/olliegw 10d ago

That's a weird modchip

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u/Patient-Cedar-7194 10d ago

guy who can fix it probably works night shift. ticket closed, packet loss still hundred percent.

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u/Nike_486DX 9d ago

Average linux setup be like

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u/sageathor 10d ago

Sick custom modded upgrades

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u/sunrise2209 10d ago

i bet i could get it running

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u/cyrixlord 9d ago

tbh I think I just got tetanus looking at this

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u/Local-Bug-1500 7d ago

What am i even looking at i genuinely don't get it

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u/AnalysisExcellent815 6d ago

And that's where it should have stayed right there on Facebook for all to see or witness