Tech Support Employees Share the Weirdest Things They’ve Seen on the Job

We mentioned earlier that laptops are delicate devices. Dropping it from two feet high can cause the hard drive to temporarily disconnect, which is not good for your laptop’s health. However, if your laptop goes flying off of your truck bed while speeding down the highway, you can bet that there’s no way to salvage it.

Just take a look at this picture and tell us whether this is worth the trouble of fixing. Look at it! If the keyboard is bent inward like that, you can bet that the motherboard isn’t better off. If you really want to get some value out of an old electronic, remove the gold from the circuit boards. You might get a few bucks for your trouble.