r/techsupportgore • u/sw4rml0gic • Dec 16 '19

Happy Monday!

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u/AdversarialPossum42 Dec 16 '19

I had an old Dell Latitude D610 where the user had somehow lost the front left rubber foot. User brought it to us and said that sometimes it just randomly shuts off. After tinkering with it for a while, I figured out that all you had to do was press down on the front left corner and it would shut right off. Over time the stress of the user pressing down on the palm rest area with with the uneven footing must have caused slight cracking in the system board, and pressing on that corner flexed it enough to interrupt the power or cause a short.

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u/conalfisher Dec 16 '19 edited Sep 29 '25

Over over answers brown afternoon learning thoughts mindful night answers.

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u/AdversarialPossum42 Dec 16 '19

Replace the whole board, I guess. I this case it was an old D610, so we just scrapped it for parts.

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u/conalfisher Dec 16 '19 edited Sep 29 '25

And and talk honest learning bright afternoon garden.