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Three days of troubleshooting ended with a loose power cable

Spent Monday through Wednesday chasing a ghost in a client's office network. Replaced a switch, tested cables, even swapped out a patch panel. Turns out the main power cord to their server was barely seated in the back. Took me 30 seconds to fix after all that work. Has anyone else spent way too long on something simple just because you assumed it couldn't be that?
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caleb_ross12
Blew three hours once on a printer that wouldn't connect. Turned out someone plugged the ethernet into the phone jack instead. Felt like an idiot for not checking first.
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perry.evan
perry.evan12d ago
Build a whole day around it before spotting the actual problem.
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jamesm48
jamesm4811d ago
You ever spend 20 minutes trying to fix a window that won't close, only to realize you left a screwdriver sitting in the track?
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