Failure Of A Component.

**Robert00000** · 01-10-2004, 09:38 PM

Yes, I think a power surge protector is a good investment, especially if you have valuable (business or otherwise) data on your pc.

I find the thought of all my months of hard work being wiped out in a flash very scary, even though i often (not regugarly) back up my important data.

Most of us take the reliability of our PC's for granted until we get a bad experience like that guy whose PC Lynx fixed.

I'll be off to the computer fair tomorrow to buy a surge protector, there is one being held locally

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**Smurfette** · 01-10-2004, 09:58 PM

Originally posted by Robert00000@10 January 2004 - 21:38
I'll be off to the computer fair tomorrow to buy a surge protector, there is one being held locally .

There's a little fair near me at Crystal Palace tomorrow that I would normally be going to but the wife quit her job in the week so that's out.

I really can't believe there are people not using surge protectors for their computers - I have one here for the computer & periphs, and another with two phone chargers, a lamp and my rechargeable electric razor in it!

**sparsely** · 01-10-2004, 10:26 PM

btw, have you checked the wiring in this person's house?
you can get an outlet tester @ Radio Shack or whatever for like 5$.
It just has some LEDs to show if everything's done right.

**GCNaddict** · 01-11-2004, 01:40 AM

i got a surge thru the coaxial cable on my cable internet, and it blew the cable modem, the mobo, and the DVD burner. the HDDs, and my 9800xt survived tho

**RGX** · 01-11-2004, 01:49 AM

Originally posted by Smurfette+10 January 2004 - 21:58--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Smurfette @ 10 January 2004 - 21:58)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Robert00000@10 January 2004 - 21:38
I'll be off to the computer fair tomorrow to buy a surge protector, there is one being held locally  .

There's a little fair near me at Crystal Palace tomorrow that I would normally be going to but the wife quit her job in the week so that's out.

I really can't believe there are people not using surge protectors for their computers - I have one here for the computer & periphs, and another with two phone chargers, a lamp and my rechargeable electric razor in it! [/b][/quote]
ive got surge protection built into my extension lead, very handy and gives me a bit of security

**opivykid** · 01-11-2004, 04:09 AM

What's your worst colateral damage? = I tried installing a new CD Burner in my old eMachines and just about fried everything in the damned box. When I turned it on, it wouldn't recognize almost anything. It said I had no videocard, no soundcard, and if you tried to plug anything into the USB ports, it wouldn't recognize it. Now I am scared out of my mind about installing hardware into my new computer.....

**lynx** · 01-11-2004, 06:30 PM

Originally posted by RGX@11 January 2004 - 00:49
ive got surge protection built into my extension lead, very handy and gives me a bit of security

I've got one of those too. Cuts out the possibility of a surge hitting your comp via an unprotected piece of equipment.

I'll recommend they get one.

**SciManAl** · 01-11-2004, 08:10 PM

The worst thing I have every seen happen... god i tremble thinking about all that monay all those lawns mkowed at $5 per lawn...

this tale takes place 1.5 years ago...

It was a awsome computer... my first test rig... Dual 3.0 gigahertz new for the time... P4 or more commenly called P$ for phunking expensive... Abit Mobo... the water cooling tube exploded and the whole computer was sealled closed (server comps arecomenly that way...) and it filled up, with 3 inches of water before it exploded... it exploded... steam came out... and over 10k of stolen computer equipment died that day...

(wtf you thought i would mow all those lawns for a comp... i payed for the mouse and keyboard...