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One day the memory expansion cover on the bottom came loose and a paper clip fell in and it stopped working completely which was unfortunate.
Oh no! What a completely unforeseeable and totally freak accident!
I do get migraines from eye strain so it's not a complete fib. But I might carefully word an email to IT/HR so it doesn't come across like I'm being the spoilt child that I actually am.
12v connected to random combinations of input pins until it doesn't work anymore might work?
I once had an old and troublesome laptop that would blue screen 2-10 times a week. IT support wouldn't replace it unless I could show them the problem. One day the memory expansion cover on the bottom came loose and a paper clip fell in and it stopped working completely which was unfortunate.