On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 04:17 PM, Brian Hodkin wrote: > in my case 1000 students. > > one lab just before our spring break had 4 mice balls missing and one > cdrom > drive ruined. > > now i am workin in a school being renovated while the little angels > are on > their break. > > ahhhhhhh the sound of demolition and its not a computer being > demolished.
ah, i feel for you. in a previous life, i provided support and repair for one of the biggest installations of macs in public schools in the country. in the summers, we'd inventory and fix any problems that teachers (for whatever reasons) had failed to report to Repair. in one lab, i found a 5400 with a nonfunctional CDROM drive. i assumed it was just plain dead, as the tray wouldn't open. something didn't feel right, though. there was a muffled rattle to the drive after i removed it. getting back to the maintenance annex, i took the drive apart... inside, i found an entire crushed bag of m&m's, complete with wrapper. and one of these big Mother's cookies you'll find in vending machines (crumbled, of course). >.< doh! -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
