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

[Kelemvor]

Definitely setup a camera. Then if you catch him doing it, fire him and then sue him, and then press charges if he won't return all the equipment or enough money to replace them. I'm sure most people have taken things from work (pens, paper, PC equipment being thrown in the garbage) but not a component from the inside of a working PC. That's just dumb.

 

[ch33zw1z]

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?

Why bother when there's someone else who can do it!!

edit: while working at a college I went out to check a PC in that won't boot, just gives POST errors. someone had taken the memory out of it lol. I said to the Lab Tech, you didn't check?!

 

[CKent]

Camera might not count in court, but he could be fired for an incidental (being 5 minutes late, etc.) if it's known that he's to blame.

 

[Alone]

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.

And that's all that you'd have to do. I'm not saying you can't have cameras, but like in grocery stores, etc, they have cameras in those domes. You know cameras are around, they're not hidden.

 

[UDT89]

Originally posted by: Alone

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.

And that's all that you'd have to do. I'm not saying you can't have cameras, but like in grocery stores, etc, they have cameras in those domes. You know cameras are around, they're not hidden.

hidden or obvious......you can record your premises. they are accepted in court, ive testified numerous times in cases like this. its what ive been doing for the last 10 years.

 

[MustISO]

We've had all kinds of things taken in PC's at my work. Usually everything but the motherboard and PSU. A long time ago we set up a hidden camera near a bunch of stuff but no one ever took the bait.

 

[daveymark]

this is why, at my workplace, I always wait for a new guy to get hired before I steal

this strategy backfires on me, now that I own the business

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: UDT89

Originally posted by: Alone

Originally posted by: UDT89
if you dont know what you're talking about dont post it.

?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]

cut and pasted from what state? ever retailer in NY has hidden cameras.....and i know this b/c i installed most of them.[/quote]

none of my customers make me sign a "can we record your actions?" form when i go into security areas. im pretty sure thats without my consent.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: Kelemvor
Definitely setup a camera. Then if you catch him doing it, fire him and then sue him, and then press charges if he won't return all the equipment or enough money to replace them. I'm sure most people have taken things from work (pens, paper, PC equipment being thrown in the garbage) but not a component from the inside of a working PC. That's just dumb.

when i was at UAT about half the systems get the ram and cpus ripped out while in the lab. they finally got front plates installed to keep that from happening, and when they got around those they put shields inside to keep the ram and cpus safe. it happens all over, and keeping the door unlocked isnt the smartest thing. honor system only applies to things worth under 2 bucks.

 

[Alone]

Originally posted by: UDT89

Originally posted by: Alone

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.

And that's all that you'd have to do. I'm not saying you can't have cameras, but like in grocery stores, etc, they have cameras in those domes. You know cameras are around, they're not hidden.

hidden or obvious......you can record your premises. they are accepted in court, ive testified numerous times in cases like this. its what ive been doing for the last 10 years.

Okay.

 

[EKKC]

check the guy's internet activity log. he's ebay'ing them for sure

 

[TheGizmo]

Originally posted by: ranmaniac
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.

exactly what i'd do as well. confronting him will make things how should i say... a bit uncomfortable i guess, because unconsciously he knows that you think he is a thief. its best to avoid that if you have other options. (ie. hidden camera)

 

[imported_Baloo]

The tech guy is not telling the truth. A pc with no CPU will not power on. No lights, no beeps, no fans. The CPU has to be there for the power switch to function.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Originally posted by: Baloo
The tech guy is not telling the truth. A pc with no CPU will not power on. No lights, no beeps, no fans. The CPU has to be there for the power switch to function.

A PC with no CPU will return POST errors...your statement is not true. For proof, remove your CPU and test it out.

This is one of the ways for troubleshooting dead system boards: pulling crucial components for different results.

 

[Fern]

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?

?? Based on his comment above the CPU HS+F was obviously reinstalled (mounted on mobo). A look at the inside of the PC wouldn't have revealed the CPU was missing.

CPU fan just spins like crazy

I take this to mean that the HS+F was remounted onto the mobo after the cpu wasa removed.

Fern

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
Was the CPU in question cold with solution?

Classic

 

[Kelvrick]

I always get blamed for this type of thing where I work. Local DNS was messed up and www.google.com was being forwarded to their japanese website and I start getting phonecalls about why I was pranking people.

At least I got a lunch out of all hte false accusations.

 

[Alone]

Originally posted by: Baloo
The tech guy is not telling the truth. A pc with no CPU will not power on. No lights, no beeps, no fans. The CPU has to be there for the power switch to function.

Just the other day I powered up without my CPU.

 

[Zee]

if i was a thief, i would always wait for a new guy to enter the office before striking. no one would blame me... like the Op

 

[fire400]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
ALWAYS BLAME THE NEW GUY.

that's the problem with businesses these days. they take something they already know, and they try to exploit it in every possible way. as for the things that they don't know, they will realize that in due time.

anyhow, I'd say it's the IT department's problem. it is a white collar crime. and the crime must under investigation immediately, otherwise the company risks the vulnerability of sensitive/confidential information being leaked through security breaches similar to this one.

-finger prints
-security cams
-designated areas and assigned survellience patrolling
-user credentials
-and start locking your IT department room, "now."
-you gotta announce it that there have been missing parts, and that no one is blaming anyone, but the it continues to happen, that there must be a XYZ to follow in order to prevent stuff like this, so people aren't alarmed
-blah blah blah

they write stuff like this in books, so check out the library, GG

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: Alone

or one of those spy cameras disguised as a wall clock etc.

You can't record someone without them knowing.

aUDIO OVER THE PHONE, MAYBE.depending on state.

video / audio in a workplace, definitely. There is no reasonable expectation of privacy when one is at work, in the workplace.

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
ALWAYS BLAME THE NEW GUY.

that's a sh!tty policy, I had a job and everyone always saw me in the kitchen eating (I loooove to eat) one day a dude Marc's corn dogs came up missing. They decided to tell him it had to be me, because I was always in the kitchen eating. Never mind they were all hypocrites who would take candy from the honor box and never put money in it. He ended up sending an email to every damn person in the office warning them that I stole his fvckin corn dogs.

fvck blaming the new guy - I didn't touch his damn Corn Dogs!