Ryanc829 | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 10:19 pm     Just spent the last hour and a half formatting and restoring my computer because I was stupid and kept using the computer during a storm. Power went out, and when I got the computer up and running again it was slow ans nothing worked right. No idea what the zap screwed up but everything is better now that I've restored. Stupid, Stupid, Stupid...Oh well, I'll learn. |
Juju2bigdog | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 10:41 pm     A good reminder for us all, Ryan. Betcha most of us couldn't begin to restore our computers in an hour and a half. |
Ryanc829 | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 10:49 pm     Juju - I've had practice. LOL. Still gotta install realplayer and stuff, but I've got the basics done. Moral of the story: Lightning+Computer=Bad |
Spygirl | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 11:20 pm     Ryan, I have to admit I continued using my computer throughout that storm tonight. I do have a pretty good UPS backup that has a high dollar surge protection in it. Even still, I know it is silly to keep it booted up...but I can't help myself  |
Ryanc829 | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 11:33 pm     Spygirl - I was busy arguing on AIM....Is that a good excuse? |
Spygirl | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 11:34 pm     LOL - sure! I was busy reading the board and talking in chat. Does that count? |
Ryanc829 | Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 11:37 pm     Guess it's as good an excuse as any. LOL. |
Azriel | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 01:56 am     A few years back my computer got fried during an electric storm. I had a surge protector, but that wasn't enough. I was on a dial-up connection and the lightning hit the phone box on the outside of our house. The lightning traveled through the phone line straight to my modem. If you are on a dial-up make sure you get a surge protector that has a place for your modem phone line to plug in, too. They cost a little more, but it might save you a lot more in the future. |
Ryanc829 | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 01:59 am     Azriel - Fortunatly I'm one of the lucky ones on broadband. |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 10:03 am     Az, I have always remembered you saying that when it happened. And I DO have a surge protector on the phone line. Hmmmmmm, we installed a new phone line. Wonder if Bigdog hooked it back up through the surge protector??? Might be a good idea to check. And when we leave for an extended period, I need to remember to unhook the phone line as well. |
Egbok | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 10:56 am     Hey guys, how about with DSL...what type of protection should I have besides the Surge Protector for the electrical plugs? Thanks for any suggestions/ideas! |
Mack | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 01:30 pm     I have everything but my DSL line through the modem on a surge protector (phone line isn't but modem is). Probably not a bad idea though I think the modem would get fried if the line was hit and it (the modem) belongs to the phone company. From the looks of it I'd say it cost them all of $5.95. :-) |
Twiggyish | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 03:20 pm     Good point. We have a lot of nasty storms here. |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, August 29, 2003 - 10:28 pm     When we got Bigdog's new old play computer, the guy gave us a surge protector, and it had places to plug in a DSL cable. |
Gen | Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 10:05 am     I have DSL and when a storm is 50 or so miles away (not in the immediate area), I loose my internet connection. Have other DSL users experienced this? Does it happen with Road Runner? Any information you can provide would be appreciated. Thanks! |