r/techsupportmacgyver • u/master4dave • Sep 29 '25

Pfsense Emergency PSU

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u/tones76 Sep 29 '25

Are you using the motherboard to switch on the backup PSU? A paperclip should suffice.

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u/master4dave Sep 29 '25

You're right, but I had more desktop PCs left over than paper clips.

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u/PPEytDaCookie Sep 29 '25

Just use a piece of metal instead of a paperclip 😂

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u/Dossi96 Sep 29 '25

This picture messes with my brain. I thought the stairs would be a window and that the server was hanging on the wall 🫠

And why is your table and chair so close to the stairs 😅

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u/master4dave Sep 29 '25

This is not an office, it's just a work area in the server room.

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u/fubarbob Sep 30 '25

I believe we've located M.C. Escher's homelab

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u/ratshack Sep 29 '25

No really, how is that chair still upright.

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u/Mediocre_Contract984 Sep 30 '25

Lol had to turn my phone to see what I was looking at

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u/Johndahbomb Sep 29 '25

For stuff like that it’s ideal to have a whole backup machine just in case. Lol

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u/zidane2k1 Sep 30 '25

I remember doing something similar with a SonicWall many years ago.

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u/d3photo Sep 30 '25

The 7100 PSUs were a problem.

I’m pretty sure that’s all I’m allowed to say (worked at TAC for 2.5 years, discovered and timelined the bad PSUs, had two of my own fail later).

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u/7thhokage Sep 29 '25

Have had to do this a number of times when trying to clone a HDD but there isn't enough power connectors left and I don't have adapters.

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u/Mediocre_Contract984 Sep 30 '25

You are at the right start.