Hit 10,000 repaired laptops yesterday without even noticing

I was just tallying up my work orders for the month when I saw my count crossed 10k. That's almost 30 years of fixing these things, mostly Dell Latitudes from the early 2000s. Has anyone else kept a running count of their repairs and been surprised by the number?

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finleybutler2d ago

Man I know exactly what you mean. I hit 8,000 a few months back and it was just a number on a spreadsheet until I actually stopped to think about it. The worst part is you start remembering all the stupid mistakes that cost you time - like those old Dell Latitudes with the RAM slots that would crack if you looked at them wrong. Make sure you're tracking your non-repairs too, the ones where you just had to tell someone their board was toast. That number will probably be higher than your actual fixes and it helps you spot which models are just not worth touching anymore. I started keeping a separate log for common failure points on each model after year 15, saved me weeks of guessing.

willow_anderson852d ago

Yeah the board failures pile up way faster than the fixes.

oscarwilliams1d ago

Honestly I gotta disagree with keeping a separate log for failure points. Ngl that feels like overthinking it to me. After 15 years you should know which models are junk without writing it down somewhere. I've repaired maybe 4,000 boards and I just remember the bad ones, the rest is all muscle memory. Tracking non-repairs that close just makes you paranoid about every board that comes in, you start second guessing yourself on stuff you could have fixed if you had just tried a little harder.