$10k Later, an Apple Store Genius Diagnoses a $0 MacBook Pro Problem
In high school we had a P.C. tech class where we learned how to build computers which were donated to the school from various churches and businesses doing upgrades in the area.<p>All the hardware was about 3-4 years behind current tech at the time (2001-2002, so computers were from 1998ish), however it was a great way to learn the fundamentals and this was back when you could fry a motherboard by connecting the PSU to it incorrectly.<p>Long story short as one of the exercises we would break workstations that other students would then have to troubleshoot and fix.<p>Some were annoying, pop off keyboard keys and put back in proper positions.<p>Others were simple but annoying when you are learning such as finding the jumpers in the wrong spot on a hard drive.<p>One kid in our class definitely did this &#x27;trick&#x27; where they turned the Monitor brightness off. It was the last workstation to finally get fixed that day and this story reminded me of that day I had forgotten about.