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Forum section: electronics / general

author: johnboxall
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 21, 2010, 10:40:39 am
content: Was sitting here a moment ago cursing a relatively new POS multimeter that the retailer has exchanged twice already, and have decided to just give up on it. Dave - perhaps we could mail you our dud meters... you could then line them up in a row and drive over them, with it being filmed. There could be a Guinness record in there somewhere!

author: DJPhil
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2010, 10:51:38 am
content: That reminds me of my favorite techno-vengeance video . . .It just caught me right and had me laughing, I keep it handy to threaten random things with once in a while.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 21, 2010, 11:35:28 am
content: looks like a good way get stuff apart for recycling the metals, not sure that my dad would want to adopt it though

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 21, 2010, 11:39:42 am
content: Perhaps I so need a novel automated way to dispose of crap meters? ;-)Dave.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 21, 2010, 11:44:11 am
content: fire them out of something like an electromagnetic canon, then again the good old sledge hammer is probably quite novel

author: DavidDLC
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2010, 05:27:48 pm
content: I agree with that video, I have a HP DV series laptop and when it comes to support HP sucks !Good thing is that EBay has cheap spare parts for this machine.

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2010, 08:12:22 pm
content: At work we have HP PCs and a service contract with HP. Don't ask. Just don't ask.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 22, 2010, 06:49:29 am
content: that's why i build my own, handpick every part so have less chance of crap bit that screw the whole thing

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 22, 2010, 07:33:04 am
content: Quote from: tronixstuff on September 21, 2010, 10:40:39 amTake it back for the final time an ask for your money back.

author: johnboxall
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 22, 2010, 07:57:06 am
content: Quote from: Hero999 on September 22, 2010, 07:33:04 amNormally I would, and they'd be happy to refund it... but it takes me about two hours round trip. Time is money and all that.

author: Slobodan
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 22, 2011, 10:37:44 am
content: I did not want to open a new topic, so...Maybe Dave can take advantage of this.http://www.element14.com/community/groups/roadtest

author: AntiProtonBoy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 22, 2011, 11:00:47 am
content: Quote from: DJPhil on September 21, 2010, 10:51:38 amPretty funny, but what a waste.My mate had similar issues with his laptop. So brought it back to life by reflowing the solder under the GPU with a heat gun.

author: tekfan
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 22, 2011, 11:10:39 pm
content: I wonder what would happen to a multimeter in one of those induction coils.

author: kaptain_zero
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2011, 02:09:07 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on September 21, 2010, 11:39:42 amA tennis or baseball launcher! Electromagnetic railgun would work too!Kaptain "Ready.... Aim...... launchthesovofnabitchthing" Zero

author: DrGeoff
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 23, 2011, 02:56:14 am
content: Put them into a tree grinder that spits out mulch. Or a rock crusher.

author: Name Badges
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: September 04, 2011, 05:39:44 pm
content: I agree with that video, I have a HP DV series laptop and when it comes to support HP sucks