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Old 07-10-2009, 10:34 AM   #1
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Percussive Maintenance, also known as the "technical tap," has saved many a hardware catastrophe.
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Old 07-10-2009, 10:39 AM   #2
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Percussive Maintenance, also known as the "technical tap," has saved many a hardware catastrophe.
Early man knew this technique: The Fonz employed it many a time. :p
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Old 07-13-2009, 02:20 AM   #3
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Percussive Maintenance, also known as the "technical tap," has saved many a hardware catastrophe.
OMG now that you guys mention it, I remember having to do this sort of thing before.

Whatever Mac it was that came after the FX ('92?), the hard drive would stick sometimes on start up...and you had to punch the side of it to get it going! Um yeah, kind of like Fonzie.
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