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Naughty sysadmins use dark magic to fix PCs for clueless users

Alan Brown Silver badge

Re: The Exorcist

On a more serious note, a lot of older monitors and TVs suffered not from dry joints but from joints which had never been soldered at all, or from oxidation(*) buildup on plugs/sockets.

Whacking the thing usually worked. Taking it apart, replugging everything and looking for the inevitable missing solder usually(**) worked permanently.

(*) Or worse if there were smokers around.

(**) unless there were smokers around the equipment.

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