Crossposted to customers_suck, apologies if you've already seen

[chaobell]

I should have figured something was up when I looked at the back of the computer and saw a power supply that very obviously did not go there crammed in.

Or when I noticed that there was no bezel thingy on the back, where all the motherboard's orifices come out.

Against the voice of better judgement, I opened the case.

OH MY GOD.

Piece of cardboard holding the motherboard in place. Power supply that even more obviously doesn't go there. But the best of all...

THE HARD DRIVE IS SECURED TO SOME RANDOM PIECE OF METAL WITH ELECTRICAL TAPE.

I'm half considering calling these people up and telling them we can't work on their Frankenstein box.

UPDATE: We how have pictures, however crappy the quality...
( Must be seen to be believed )

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[the-marionette.livejournal.com]

I work for a public library doing technical support. All the patrons who live in Suffolk County on Long Island, NY can sign up for SuffolkWeb which is a free dial-up connection to the Internet. It sucks and what sucks even more is that a part of my job is to make sure that our patrons can connect to it.

Me: Hello, this is the tech from the library. May I speak with M?
M: This is M.
Me: I'm returning your call regarding your SuffolkWeb connection problem. I've researched your error message and ---
M: Oh, that. We don't need you anymore.
Me: *stammering* Pardon?
M: We don't need you. The phone company did work on our phone line and it's all fixed now. *click*

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[chaobell]

Update on Frankencompaq.