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kntfkr
Feb 11, 2019

GOOSE FUCKER
my work MacBook is like that. it's ol and has one of those long as cords that doesn't charge half the time and the square thing in the middle of it gets boiling hot as well.

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kntfkr
Feb 11, 2019

GOOSE FUCKER

Computer viking posted:

That sounds like corrosion on the connectors - they corrode faster when they are hot, and they heat up more when corroded (because the oxides aren't great conductors), so it's kind of self propagating. Try rubbing the pins and connector down with contact cleaner?

yeah that generally works. it's one of those deals where there's a magnetic adaptor piece between the cord and the computer and it's been working ok as of late.

my company sent me a new laptop but now it's been like 3 or 4 months that I haven't done anything with it and feels kinda awkward to call up IT about setting up the VPN & remote access at this point lol

kntfkr
Feb 11, 2019

GOOSE FUCKER
I want a flaptop. Just a computer with a flap of skin hanging over the monitor.

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