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Alonsomidorikawa

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I bought a pro tech toolkit from ifixit, i bought a ELP Mini Desk Electric Vacuum Cleaner from amazon since it was on discount, then i bought an anti static mat from amazon and i have a usb with dlc boot
what would you recommend me to buy to be a fast computer technician?
 
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Been doing this since the early days of the 80's you don't need an electrostatic pad and grounding wire, or anti static gloves. lol
but you will need;
Philips screwdriver #2 #1
12$ multimeter @ home depot
magnifying lenses
mag-light ( get one for the forehead. i.e. keep hands free)
mini screwdrivers set Philips and hex (for laptops)
99.9% electronic Isopropyl alcohol
"air" cans

That covers 99% of your need

useful parts to have
a low end pcie video card (like a GT710/720) to test pcie graphic slots
a bootable Usb drive with Kaspersky Anti virus Suite on it.
a bootable Usb with memtest x86 on it
a Usb cdrom drive
a usb external drive with bootable OS and series of utilities like CCleaner, ADWCleaner, and such to fix a non working...
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Some things comes in my mind ( you wont need all of them ofc) :

PSU testers (or better multimeters) , PCI diagnostic cards , External drives , Uniform :p , Solder wick , hot air tools, Flux, reballing stations, Isopropyl alcohol, eraser, Flashlight
 
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Been doing this since the early days of the 80's you don't need an electrostatic pad and grounding wire, or anti static gloves. lol
but you will need;
Philips screwdriver #2 #1
12$ multimeter @ home depot
magnifying lenses
mag-light ( get one for the forehead. i.e. keep hands free)
mini screwdrivers set Philips and hex (for laptops)
99.9% electronic Isopropyl alcohol
"air" cans

That covers 99% of your need

useful parts to have
a low end pcie video card (like a GT710/720) to test pcie graphic slots
a bootable Usb drive with Kaspersky Anti virus Suite on it.
a bootable Usb with memtest x86 on it
a Usb cdrom drive
a usb external drive with bootable OS and series of utilities like CCleaner, ADWCleaner, and such to fix a non working system
usb external drive bay (for data extraction from hdd)

 
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ohiou_grad_2006

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Me personally, I have one similar to this.

https://www.amazon.com/Kingwin-EZ-Dock-2-5-Inch-3-5-Inch-EZD-2535U3/dp/B00JKM0KUE

Cheap but does the job. That also make an adapter that gives a molex and sata power adapter that will let you read ide drives or sata.

Something similar to this.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/USB-2-0-to-IDE-SATA-S-ATA-2-5-3-5-HD-HDD-Hard-Drive-Adapter-Converter-Cable/718444900?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=11383&adid=22222222228083212031&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=196480739161&wl4=pla-315558471805&wl5=9022316&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=117015210&wl11=online&wl12=718444900&wl13=&veh=sem
 
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the ez dock I use permits 3.5 and 2.5, had it for a couple of years, its something similar to this one... you could get athe dual slotted models if you really need such thing, but even for duplicating I just make and ISO and use the single slot.

http://www.frys.com/product/8048294?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG


oh and forgot... a good music library to create a relaxing ambiance in your shop. Personally runs an older pc for web searching (drivers) and music in my shop, I love streaming music, that I don't have to change channels....
I usually run Lush Radio , its a jazzy-blues-hip/hop-techno-dance mix http://ice1.somafm.com/lush-128-mp3
 
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On a side note, those ones like mine, you can sit a laptop drive in and it will work. I can say start slowly, at least in my area, pc repair has really dropped off I think. Everyone seems to be going toward phones and mobile devices. I have a normal 9-5 thankfully, but I do pc work on the side and can say I don't get near the calls I used to.
 
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