I heard this expression "Board Monkey" first in the early 80's.
This is a term used to describe an inept electronics technician who, instead of just seeking out a cold solder joint in an IC (integrated circuit board) or replacing a 10 cent capacitor or equivalent small faulty component they will just order the whole part and make you pay for it, without doing a standard current continuity test.
Chances are you've been taken by a board monkey.
This is a term used to describe an inept electronics technician who, instead of just seeking out a cold solder joint in an IC (integrated circuit board) or replacing a 10 cent capacitor or equivalent small faulty component they will just order the whole part and make you pay for it, without doing a standard current continuity test.
Chances are you've been taken by a board monkey.
As a result, a 20 dollar bench time charge becomes hundreds of dollars in charges as a result of laziness, greed, (extra markup on new board) or lack of tenacity on the part of the technician.
This is one of the great hidden secrets of "repair ripoff". More people in this world have been burned by board monkeys anywhere, in any industry where electronics is remotely related, than any other scam in repair.
Personal example:
The panel of buttons between the two front seats in a 1989 Pontiac Bonneville has an integrated circuit board that apparently costs "750 dollars" Canadian. My daughter spilled a soft drink down between the buttons, rendering it unusable.
Upon telling them that a continuity test is in order with a bit of cleanup, instead of just a board replacement, the bill miraculously became 75 dollars and the panel was fixed and functional. I basically told them everything I said here to get these results.
This is one of the great hidden secrets of "repair ripoff". More people in this world have been burned by board monkeys anywhere, in any industry where electronics is remotely related, than any other scam in repair.
Personal example:
The panel of buttons between the two front seats in a 1989 Pontiac Bonneville has an integrated circuit board that apparently costs "750 dollars" Canadian. My daughter spilled a soft drink down between the buttons, rendering it unusable.
Upon telling them that a continuity test is in order with a bit of cleanup, instead of just a board replacement, the bill miraculously became 75 dollars and the panel was fixed and functional. I basically told them everything I said here to get these results.
by Omega Rat 1 August 26, 2009
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A sudden and very severe shock that happens to the motherboard of your mobile phone, without any reason, rendering it completely and utterly useless and causing you to lose every data that was stored in that device.
Guy A: Bro, my phone just died on me!
Guy B: What? How does that happen?
Guy A: It just had a Board Attack, without any reason. WTF!
Guy B: What? How does that happen?
Guy A: It just had a Board Attack, without any reason. WTF!
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Get the board with warts mug.noun: Belongs to the same general family as the common Internet troll, poseur, forum whore, etc. Infrequently used as verb ("board warrioring").
1. Someone on a message board dedicated to a certain activity who spends almost all of his/her time posting on the board and very little of it (if any) actually participating in the activity in question.
2. Someone on a message board dedicated to a certain activity that would rather get on the board and argue with other people about who is better at the activity than actually do the activity and find out.
Board warriors are most commonly associated with computer game forums.
1. Someone on a message board dedicated to a certain activity who spends almost all of his/her time posting on the board and very little of it (if any) actually participating in the activity in question.
2. Someone on a message board dedicated to a certain activity that would rather get on the board and argue with other people about who is better at the activity than actually do the activity and find out.
Board warriors are most commonly associated with computer game forums.
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Johnny: ....and the realism and the truth and the era and the acting... and the CHARACTERS! OMG!
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