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have been looking at a puter which got "lightly zapped" during a typical summer electric storm.

looks like he got it thru his modem

this one took us by surprise...
I was up and running tasks when that huge clap happened.. and nearly jumped out of my chair as it came unexpected.
btw, happened same moment, 25 miles away.
whataBLAST that was.

I saw nothing happening
after reading this thread, I had replaced my earlier surge protect for a belkin surgemaster with modem and coax protect,

and now, now the owner of that dead PC wants one......
(he too had one of those $4 thingies...)

inflicted damage was about US$ 645 ......

so I thought to bring this thread up

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Kind regards, Jaak

FYI - My power company offers a household surge protector for a monthly fee of about five dollars. The guarantee covers all electric/electronic devices in the house. You might check with your power company for a similar arrangement.

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Originally posted by jtdoom:
hi,
A laymans understanding of spikes and brownouts.
coils and motors, and electric appareil in general, where a current is flowing thru, well, the current want to KEEP flowing.

when the circuit breaker (switch) opens, this manifests itself by a spark
(where coils are involved, the spark can be very HIGH voltage)
ref; sparkplugs in mopeds etc, where the spark was formed by opening the contact points.

when that happens, the circuit the thing is on gets a spike

brownouts/powerdips with low voltage
I was told that in motors, extended use under too LOW voltage can cause overheating because the amp climbs.
when a heavy machine is powering up, the nearby circuitry may suffer a dip

in puters, the machine may go into suspend, and not be able to get out because the +5Vsb ain't up to it, or the flipflop did not flop
(its a thing I do not understand all too well. I am a mechanic, no electronics guy)

oh, believe it or not, but I did add a bit of my links to megabrain's article :-)

erm, I had a few more intel links
Once one learns to navigate intel's site, you find TONS of info.
the links to cpuid and the german CT tools are cool
CT magazine has great tools https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

since this is about helping people, I can just as well put some more handy links and tips in here.
Hmmm, I feel wrung dry https://discussions.virtualdr.com/
Oh, I hear Jimmy Hendrixx is on the radio, perks me UP
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VIDEOCARD DETECT
If you cannot identify your video card, you can run the following without opening the case to get an idea of the manufacturer and make:
1. From a DOS prompt, Win 3.x, Win9x, WinNT, or Win2K command prompt type DEBUG and press Enter.
2. A single dash will appear at which point type DC000:35 and then press Enter (DC000:50 may also work for newer cards).
3. You may need to type D at the second dash and press Enter for all of the information to appear.
You can type D more than once to see more info appear.
4. Q to exit

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Mike

A good setup is a Universal Power Supply (UPS) plugged into a good power strip; the strip plugged into the outlet. An additional power strip can be plugged into the primary strip or UPS for running any other power requirements such as speakers, etc.). The UPS can protect against brownouts, blackouts and mild spikes so you don't lose any data--gives you a few minutes to save and shut down.


I use an un-interuptable power supply (UPS), is this different in some way to your universal power supply or are we talking about the same thing with different names?
My UPS has DEFINITELY saved my two computers. It was the best investment on my system.
I live next door to a small power station and in a lightening prone area and so the physical dissconnect is my primary defense against lightening strikes.

Does stacking surge protectors actually work?
Is there a disadvantage? It seems too easy.

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