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August 17th, 2001, 11:19 AM
#1
Essential Tech Tools???
I have been a Tech for 2 yrs. I was wondering if anyone can recommend what I should carry with me at all times. I have a nice 700MHZ Laptop. I have a Leatehrman Tool, and a precision screwdriver set. A Mini Knife, and a few cd's like operatings systems and stuff. Anyone got anything else that would be handy dandy, or some good utilities, etc.
Even Networking Utilities.?
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August 17th, 2001, 03:38 PM
#2
One more thang, besides your list of tools, I carry is a cat-5 crimping tool, some ends, and a tweeter. It's has been necessary in the past to fix problems the wiring guys left for me. If possible I also bring along pretty much one spare stick of mem, HD, Video card, sound card, modem, floppy, and NIC. I have ended up selling these items as used parts on several occasions. Usually the parts I carry are from rebuilds that a client let me keep parts from. So I sell them pretty cheap.
Cheers
When you go in for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges. -- Deep Thought by Jack Handey
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August 17th, 2001, 04:32 PM
#3
Icculus has a good plan thier, PCI Video card..Nic, etc.. you may want to make cd's with all the IE's on em, and other M$ stuff
"Knowledge belongs in the hands of the people"
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August 17th, 2001, 04:41 PM
#4
A boot disk with ghost on it and xcopy32
THERE ARE THINGS KNOWN AND THINGS UNKNOWN AND IN BETWEEN ARE THE DOORS!
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August 17th, 2001, 04:58 PM
#5
Registered User
All the the above are excellent. I know this will sound silly, but it's my nature . I carry a pack of tie down strips, some velcro, some extra screws, SiSoft Sandra Professional on a CD, a can of air, some static free wipes and waterless hand cleaner.
And not to sound to flippant in my box I have a spare pen, a mechanical pencil with a good eraser and a small notepad.
I only post using 100% recycled electrons!!!
Stay on the bomb run, boys. I'm going to get them doors open if it hair lips everybody on Bear Creek.
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August 17th, 2001, 09:28 PM
#6
Registered User
a clean Stress free Brain
this helps immensely.
I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people.
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August 17th, 2001, 11:45 PM
#7
Ultimate boot Disk...will boot about any CD
Trouble Shooter
Various drivers on CD as well as utilities on CD
F-PROT on floppy...updated regularly
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August 18th, 2001, 12:16 AM
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Registered User
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August 18th, 2001, 04:29 AM
#9
All the above is just great! The one thing i carry with me is an loop-back tester for parallel and serial ports + checkit (program). bye and good luck
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August 18th, 2001, 05:49 AM
#10
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Make sure you have some Torx screwdriver bits (6 pointed star), at least T-10 and T-15 types. HP uses these screws on a lot of thier equipment and PC's. Some of the screws you can use a slotted screwdriver on, but some not. Having the right bit makes all the difference....
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August 18th, 2001, 08:38 AM
#11
Like all of you, I carry with me some flat-cable, a small box with screws, and 64M SDRAM. In my car I cave printer-cabel, old PCI Video card, power supply (AT & ATX), twisted and standatd net cable and floppy drive. And of course, software from all kind.
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August 18th, 2001, 09:15 AM
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Some of the things I carry not already mentioned are CPU fans. I keeep fans for every possible CPU and with both power connector types. I often get service calls that say the machine is making noise. It's either CPU fan or power supply.
Indeterminism. There's nothing you can do about it.
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August 18th, 2001, 11:44 AM
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August 18th, 2001, 11:49 AM
#14
Registered User
Honestly I have a briefcase full of junk I use for repairs
Fans,
Slot covers
Screws
screwdrivers
air can
Old EDO Ram
Mouse
Modems
Sound Cards
Driver CD's
Boot Disks
Price lists
Business Cards
Cat 5 cable and Crimper
Various documentations for boards and Systems.
and lots more.
I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people.
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August 18th, 2001, 01:22 PM
#15
I'm no traveling PC tech, but I recently went to my wife's friends house because she had gotten SirCam. I took the following in a breif case:
Print outs of removal instructions
Virus removal utility for Sircam
Win98SE
WinME (upgrade)
Win98 startup disk
WinME startup disk
Small utility knife
Loop back cables
Extra phone cable
Norton Untilities
Socket driver with standard and phillips heads.
1/4 socket set, including metric and english.
Spare drive bay and case screws (in socket driver)
It was my first house call. After driving there, I wish I would have remembered my mini mag light. I was fortunate to talk to her before going over, so I had a good idea of what to bring over. I have many spare parts to add to my breif case if I need to, but the power supply won't fit too easily. I don't have and extra RAM, so that would be a possible service killer.
God is all knowing, I am just human.
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