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		ianai on March 30, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 'PC Building Simulator' Is More Fun Than Building ... That’s a pretty lucrative skill though. Or was.

HarryHirsch on March 30, 2018 | [–]

Yes, replacing capacitors on Pentium 4 mainboards that are controlling equipment that the university cannot replace the license for is still lucrative.

jacquesm on March 30, 2018 | [–]

First you cut off all the legs, then you desolder the pins one-by-one. That way the risk of motherboard damage is nil.

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