Some idiot left their router plugged in during a HUGE electrical storm last night. Same old story ... I knew it could happen, but I didn't think it would happen to me. Woke up this morning to find my router zapped, and my motherboard's onboard LAN toasted. Which would have been acceptable, except it took me all fkn day to pin point what was broken. I even went to our local telephone exchange to see what was going on (it seems that half the town was zapped in the storm).. silver lining is that the guy fixing the exchange let me in and I was able to get a good look at the workings of my little town's phone system. I'm going out tomorrow morning to invest in a telephone surge/spike protector, a new router and the cheapest crappiest NIC I can get. Unplug your power cords AND phones during lightning storms! ************************
Yea, we knew it could happen, but to others, until it's too late. Those storms can make great deal of problems. Sorry man.
Never knew an electric storm can also blow up my pc...... These wires that bring in lots of information can even bring in current !!! Thanks for letting me know....buddy...better safe than sorry.... Regards, RightMan
I had couple of experiences like this in the past.. We had to get our motherboard replaced couple of times to do this...
Lol happened to me as well during last rainy season, but not to my PC. But lol MY LCD T.V blew Up, n i was watching Man U VS. liverpool highlights
I have a Monster Cable power strip I use, but now that I think about it there's no surge protector between the cable internet and my NIC. I'm off to search Amazon/etc for something I can easily screw in between my wall and my modem. Anyone ever seen anything like that ? I've seen the ones that include power outlets and cable/phone lines, but that's a little too much for me considering the stuff plugged into my power strip is guarenteed up to $10K
Yeah. I know that a lightning storm can harm your computer, television connected through a cable network; For this simple reason, I insist people in my home to remove the cord during thunderstorms. Forewarned is forearmed...
The same thing happened to me in the past, but it wasn't my damn useless PC, it was my useful television
That is such a bummer man.. My dad's car got struck by lightning last year and it shattered his entire back window. He's lucky it didn't get him. It's not exactly the same and your computer, but it still sucks.
I was a Victim of this once. Fried the HD I learned my Lesson !BACKUP! And also unplug your computer. -Chris