So someone walked off with the CPU on a PC at work

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jtvang125

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So recently I had to pull a PC out of storage to be deployed for a new desk I had to set up. Before putting it out on the desk I tested it first and the thing turns on but won't boot. CPU fan just spins like crazy and no POST beeps either. I call up the IBM for service and they have a guy come out with a new system board.

So he's pulling the board and cpu out and informs that there is no cpu installed. The system definitely shipped with one since it was once deployed to a user and the thermal paste on the heatsink showed the outline of the cpu.

I hate to point fingers at this moment but nothing has gone missing until the new guy started. Also, a HDD went missing awhile back from our storage room as well. Although that room isn't locked only IT personnel can go in there. I do fully realize that since it isn't locked anyone can go in there but as I have mentioned, we never had this problem before. We have a few unused PCs in pretty secluded places around the building yet these have gone untouched but these two things are taken from our very room. If it was someone outside our department I don't see why they didn't target these PC's as they are much easier to take parts from.
 
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ric1287

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tell him casually that there was tracking information on the hdd and cpu and you will find it eventually
 
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Originally posted by: ric1287
tell him casually that there was tracking information on the hdd and cpu and you will find it eventually
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yep. send out a strongly worded email saying you WILL ping the CPU and it WILL trace back to the user.
 
deerslayer

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You didn't even open up the PC to check and see if there was a simple solution to the problem?
 
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I'd install a security camera, or one of those spy cameras disguised as a wall clock etc.

If the theft occurred recently, then there is a good chance the theif will strike again, and I wouldn't bother telling the new guy if you think he's in on it, cause you'll have a chance to catch him on video without him suspecting anything.

 
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DeMeo

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Maybe the prevoius user of the desktop took it before they returned it?
 
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Originally posted by: deerslayer
You didn't even open up the PC to check and see if there was a simple solution to the problem?
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A perfect illustration of why you ALWAYS check the simple stuff first! :D
 
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I don't want to complicate things for you, but have you considered that anyone in the company could've done it, knowing very well that the new guy usually gets blamed?

Look for disgruntled employees... and see if it happens again.
 
UDT89

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Hire the company i work for to interview them.......they'll admit.

and you can use hidden cameras, the cant record people thing is for conversations and varies by state. you cant video tape a bathroom or changing room with a camera, hidden or obvious.

Originally posted by: Alone
or one of those spy cameras disguised as a wall clock etc.
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You can't record someone without them knowing.
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if you dont know what you're talking about dont post it.
 
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Originally posted by: UDT89
if you dont know what you're talking about dont post it.
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?Is it legal to video tape someone without them knowing. This person was intoxicated and was saying things that would never be said normally. Now this tape might be shown to the D.A. to get this person into trouble.?

Many states prohibit the audio or video recording of someone without their knowledge and consent. However some states only require ?one-party? consent, meaning that a person may lawfully record his or her own conversations.
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Originally posted by: Alone
Originally posted by: UDT89
if you dont know what you're talking about dont post it.
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?Is it legal to video tape someone without them knowing. This person was intoxicated and was saying things that would never be said normally. Now this tape might be shown to the D.A. to get this person into trouble.?

Many states prohibit the audio or video recording of someone without their knowledge and consent. However some states only require ?one-party? consent, meaning that a person may lawfully record his or her own conversations.[/quote]

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cut and pasted from what state? ever retailer in NY has hidden cameras.....and i know this b/c i installed most of them.
 
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every retailer that has those little black camera domes is breaking the law?

b/c no one can tell if they are being recorded or not
 
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Originally posted by: Alone
Originally posted by: UDT89
if you dont know what you're talking about dont post it.
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?Is it legal to video tape someone without them knowing. This person was intoxicated and was saying things that would never be said normally. Now this tape might be shown to the D.A. to get this person into trouble.?

Many states prohibit the audio or video recording of someone without their knowledge and consent. However some states only require ?one-party? consent, meaning that a person may lawfully record his or her own conversations.
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That really doesn't apply to installed video cameras in a businesses. If that was the case, it would be illegal for gas stations and convenience stores to have cameras up. Yet they do in every single state.

Edit: I see I was beat to the punch.
 
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Point I'm making...you see...I got this rat...gnawing, cheese eating f*cking rat...questions come up...questions...see, Bill, you're the new guy...and the girlfriend. Why don't you stay in the bar when I get the numbers. Your numbers. Everybody's numbers.
 
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Originally posted by: Alone
or one of those spy cameras disguised as a wall clock etc.
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You can't record someone without them knowing.
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That only applies, if at all, if there is an assumed amount of privacy, such as in their own homes, bathrooms, changing rooms, etc. At work, you are on company computers, on company time, on company property. There isn't a reasonable expectation of privacy if you are sitting in the employee lounge or on the sales floor. It also would be easily covered by just posting a sign near the clock in clock that said there were hidden cameras in the building.

But I would just mention it to the boss the same way you mentioned it here. It isn't an accusation at this point, just an observation. It could have easily been you, just waiting for new guys to get hired, but it isn't up to you to notice these kinds of patterns, it is for the boss. Let him worry about it.

Also, if you work in a "at will" state like california, you don't need a reason to fire people. You can just tell them it isn't working out and let them go.
 
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