When we came home from vacation last week we found that our main desktop wasn't working so we took it to the Geek Squad and found that the MB and power source had been fried. There had been some thunder storms while we were gone so the guy we were talking to suggested maybe there had been a power surge from the lightning. Now if a lightning had caused a power surge worthy of frying an off computer through to surge strips shouldn't there be burn marks some where? :dry.gif: Because I opened up the computer and thoroughly investigate it and there aren't any nor were there any damaged power lines, transformers, etc. anywhere nearby.
last time I fried a motherboard the the only place I could find scorching was on the 24 pin ATX connector so you might want to check there (if you haven't already)
When we came home from vacation last week we found that our main desktop wasn't working so we took it to the Geek Squad and found that the MB and power source had been fried. There had been some thunder storms while we were gone so the guy we were talking to suggested maybe there had been a power surge from the lightning. Now if a lightning had caused a power surge worthy of frying an off computer through to surge strips shouldn't there be burn marks some where? :dry.gif: Because I opened up the computer and thoroughly investigate it and there aren't any nor were there any damaged power lines, transformers, etc. anywhere nearby.
It's ****ed. Remove a RAM chip and try loading it up. If that doesn't help. I thinks it's broken, if you have warranty, like me, just send it to fix.
When we came home from vacation last week we found that our main desktop wasn't working so we took it to the Geek Squad and found that the MB and power source had been fried. There had been some thunder storms while we were gone so the guy we were talking to suggested maybe there had been a power surge from the lightning. Now if a lightning had caused a power surge worthy of frying an off computer through to surge strips shouldn't there be burn marks some where? :dry.gif: Because I opened up the computer and thoroughly investigate it and there aren't any nor were there any damaged power lines, transformers, etc. anywhere nearby.
It doesn't really take too much to fry the electronics in a PC. I've had two PC's fried by lightning and neither of them had any visible scorch marks.
Surge protection? Against lighting? You are joking, right?
The terms surge protection device (SPD), or the obsolescent term transient voltage surge suppressor (TVSS), are used to describe electrical devices typically installed in power distribution panels, process control systems, communications systems, and other heavy-duty industrial systems, for the purpose of protecting against electrical surges and spikes, including those caused by lightning
The terms surge protection device (SPD), or the obsolescent term transient voltage surge suppressor (TVSS), are used to describe electrical devices typically installed in power distribution panels, process control systems, communications systems, and other heavy-duty industrial systems, for the purpose of protecting against electrical surges and spikes, including those caused by lightning
Okay, just please don't come back here complaining how your computer is fried. I know a person who had surge protection and still got the equipment fried. And that is without any external cords like phone lines.
Also, surge protection doesn't protect you from lightings striking the phone line which is connected to your router which is probably connected to your devices via an ethernet cable (wireless users will still have a fried router).
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Retired StaffIt's ****ed. Remove a RAM chip and try loading it up. If that doesn't help. I thinks it's broken, if you have warranty, like me, just send it to fix.
It doesn't really take too much to fry the electronics in a PC. I've had two PC's fried by lightning and neither of them had any visible scorch marks.
You sir deserve these
I'm just crazy over protective and plug out everything with my network and turn on the UPS
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Curse PremiumSurge protection? Against lighting? You are joking, right?
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Curse PremiumThe terms surge protection device (SPD), or the obsolescent term transient voltage surge suppressor (TVSS), are used to describe electrical devices typically installed in power distribution panels, process control systems, communications systems, and other heavy-duty industrial systems, for the purpose of protecting against electrical surges and spikes, including those caused by lightning
Okay, just please don't come back here complaining how your computer is fried. I know a person who had surge protection and still got the equipment fried. And that is without any external cords like phone lines.
Also, surge protection doesn't protect you from lightings striking the phone line which is connected to your router which is probably connected to your devices via an ethernet cable (wireless users will still have a fried router).