bought a computer repair kit today will i use all of it?

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jaime_lion

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So i have taken apart around 10ish computers i do it more as a hobby and not as a job professionaly. I help friends fix there computers and diagnose them. Well today i bought a computer repair kit at the local best buy. and it has tools in it i have not used on computers like pliers and wire stripers. do people use these in computer repair? from my knowledge screwdrivers and allen wrenchs are what you use. I you dont use pliers and wire stripers and i think they are ic pullers (they look like beefy tweezers) why do they include them in the kit?

Thanks for the help in answering my question.
 
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Networking Engineers use wire strippers when working with networking cable. Pliers could be used to get a good grip on a stubborn part, etc. There's a wide variety of reasons as to why they're included.
 
jaime_lion said:
So i have taken apart around 10ish computers i do it more as a hobby and not as a job professionaly. I help friends fix there computers and diagnose them. Well today i bought a computer repair kit at the local best buy. and it has tools in it i have not used on computers like pliers and wire stripers. do people use these in computer repair? from my knowledge screwdrivers and allen wrenchs are what you use. I you dont use pliers and wire stripers and i think they are ic pullers (they look like beefy tweezers) why do they include them in the kit?

Thanks for the help in answering my question.
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They include them because people use them. There is a lot you can not do in a computer with just allen wrenches (which I have never needed to use in a computer) and screwdrivers.

Ideally, you should have a large computer repair kit to handle all scenarios. My personal kit has:
-Screw drivers
-Wire Strippers
-Pliers in several sizes
-Drill
-sandpaper (in various grits from 80-4000)
-Wire (from 20 gauge down to 8 gauge)
-Various connectors
-Network Tester
-Network cable (Cat5e, Cat6e, and normal phone line)
-Network crimper
-rivet gun
-tin snips
-PSU tester
-Volt meter
-Watt meter
-Ohm Meter
-Heat shrink
-Lighter (butane and zippo windproof)
-Heatgun
-HDD test programs on CD and Flahkey
-DOS boot floppy disk

And I have yet to come across an issue that my kit can't fix or find.
 
wolfeking said:
They include them because people use them. There is a lot you can not do in a computer with just allen wrenches (which I have never needed to use in a computer) and screwdrivers.

Ideally, you should have a large computer repair kit to handle all scenarios. My personal kit has:
-Screw drivers
-Wire Strippers
-Pliers in several sizes
-Drill
-sandpaper (in various grits from 80-4000)
-Wire (from 20 gauge down to 8 gauge)
-Various connectors
-Network Tester
-Network cable (Cat5e, Cat6e, and normal phone line)
-Network crimper
-rivet gun
-tin snips
-PSU tester
-Volt meter
-Watt meter
-Ohm Meter
-Heat shrink
-Lighter (butane and zippo windproof)
-Heatgun
-HDD test programs on CD and Flahkey
-DOS boot floppy disk

And I have yet to come across an issue that my kit can't fix or find.
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what would you use sandpaper for?

from my understanding everything should be ether minimal insertion force or zero insertion force. so no real need to use pliers. from what i looked at inside my computer it really only takes a screwdriver.
 
I've never needed to use sandpaper but I could see someone using it to cleanup corroded/tarnished connectors. Even fine grit sandpaper is more abrasive than I prefer. I've always used a pencil eraser for cleaning contacts, works great and not too abrasive.

Depending on what type of repairs you do a repair kit could also include an anti-static wrist strap, soldering iron and solder, desoldering tool, chip puller and more in addition to what wolfeking posted.
 
strollin said:
I've never needed to use sandpaper but I could see someone using it to cleanup corroded/tarnished connectors. Even fine grit sandpaper is more abrasive than I prefer. I've always used a pencil eraser for cleaning contacts, works great and not too abrasive.

Depending on what type of repairs you do a repair kit could also include an anti-static wrist strap, soldering iron and solder, desoldering tool, chip puller and more in addition to what wolfeking posted.
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Corroded connectors, and it helps remove paint or other coverings to get a bare metal contact also.

Plus, you can not lap heatsinks and processors without high grit sandpaper (2000+ grit levels).
 
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