17-08-2026 08:30 via theregister.com

Part didn't fit so techie got out his screwdriver. Then something flew off the motherboard

WHO, ME?Is it a mistake to return to work on Monday? While you ponder that question, pause a minute to read this installment of "Who, Me?" – The Register's week-opening column that shares your stories of workplace errors and escapes. This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "James," who told us that in the early 2000s he worked in the biology department of a famous American university. "We custom-built all our PCs from the cheapest available parts at the time we ordered," James wrote. Wh
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