I got owned =[

PirateNinjaPirateNinja Icrontian
edited February 2004 in Hardware
So I live in the ****y desert, and when it gets windy out here the power outages and brown outs are pretty standard.

I left my computer on and went in to work, came home and my computer was turned off and it smelled funny. My dumbass turns it back on, thinking nothing of it. At the time I was behind a ****y 10$ surge protector with 8 plugs.

Anyways, a week later my computer starts acting real funny. First to go:

My mouse (Microsft Intelli 5 button), dead
next
My video card (gf3 ti 200), eats it
next
I cant even turn the thing on


FINALLY

I open the case, only to see my power supplys (antec true 430) atx connect is black. The plastic is melted into the motherboard, and it took a good yank to get it out.

All the positve 5v red cables and 5v connectors on the motherboard are just black.

So there goes one of my dear friends, the Epox 8kha+.

Sigh*


So now I have a 60$ surge protector, an NF-7s rev 2, and an enermax 550w with over voltage and over power protection. Along with a Radeon 9800pro 256 (asus)

So in all, I got a sexy upgrade of sorts. Still using my 1800+ Paly. But it was not worth the loss, meh. Pictures en route.

Comments

  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    lol, well at least you're taking in stride. you did get to upgrade though, so it wasn't all bad.
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    :bawling: I found that same cenerio once ...one word ...homeowners insurance! I got all brand new upgraded equip. They will probably even reimburse you for what you've already replaced also. One word! hehe;D
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    Also, if you put an APC UPS on it, and it still fries, you are covered by APC's $10,000 connected equipment policy.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited February 2004
    This is why I have a $75, ~3000 joule Belkin surge protector with an unlimited protection guarantee on my computers.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    I have the same basic idea going here as Geeky1 does:

    APC 1100 Watt covers the P4 and the Barton, the inkjet printer, and the LCD panel-- KVM switch needs no power transformer. The baby netgear router is also on this big UPS, and the dialup modem that is usually off these days except for outbound faxing, and the Zoom Cable modem. Network line from cable modem to router is run through the network protection jack pair of the 1100 Watt UPS. Dialup modem is protected by the phone line surge\network surge jacks in the 550 Watt UPS used for client boxes. This is a Backups Pro.

    Mom's computer has a 500 Watt office-grade APC UPS.

    The 550 Watt APC (Backups non-Pro) I use for my client work, one box at a time.

    Only things NOT on UPS are the laser printer and a scanner, they are on a Tripplite IsoBar Surge Suppressor (about a 2700 Joule surge strip that will cut before it dies, it has MOV cascade layers that you would not believe in it, a metal case, and it refuses to feed power at all if no ground available for it). Were you to buy exactly what I use for just a surge strip today, you would pay more than what Geeky1 paid for his UPS.

    Insurance good for occasional surges, you get lots of repeats they raise your rates. So, I get better protection, have lost ZERO data that was not due to utter dunderheadedness, and have had ZERO insurance claims. With ana average of 20 major surge hits this year alone, in fact 90% of them were in last five months as electrical conttractors let their journeymen wire and cut in house current in the 30 unit complex less than a block away, and as A\C units were installed and cut in.

    Actually, if you get cheap house insurance, check that lightning is not excluded as an act of God.... Ours is NOT that way, but if things fry my investment will be totally protected.

    John D.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited February 2004
    utter dunderheadedness
    I assume that's a highly technical term, right? :p:D;D
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    Geeky1 wrote:
    I assume that's a highly technical term, right? :p:D;D

    Techs call it the "apparent vacuum between hair and seat of pants," and sometimes I feel like that is so here also(where I sit typing).... :D Reminds me I am not perfect.... :D I had a girlfriend who referred to same as a "blond moment" but that goes in Pub.... :D

    John D.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited February 2004
    Ah yes, the infamous PEBKAC error- Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair. :D
  • FlintstoneFlintstone SE Florida
    edited February 2004
    in the car business we called it "the nut behind the wheel is loose"!
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    Check your steering wheel fluid.
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