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Offline WilldCrd

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My Precious is gone :(
« on: July 16, 2007, 06:06:47 PM »
The other day there was a bad fast Texas thunderstorm.
I tried getting to my baby in time but alas....a near lighting strike energized my coax fried the router and.....and......zapped my puter!!!:cry
I,m supremely depressed over it.:(
I took her to the pc hospital and im awaiting the news of house bad it really is.
im 99% sure the MB is toast. even tho its only a year old (asus A8n sli deluxe) its completly out of date. its all for socket 939 and i need socket 940
sooo ive picked out a new mb cpu and memory. But its still gonna be a few days till she is surfing the web and d/l pron again....not to mention being able to play any games.

I know its trivial to most but, its my baby. Just as my Harley is my other baby.


Guess ill kill some time taking my GF out on the town.....oh the inhumanity!!!
Crap now I gotta redo my cool sig.....crap!!! I cant remeber how to do it all !!!!!

Offline DYNAMITE

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« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2007, 06:19:13 PM »
Tell me the pron is ok...

ANYTHING BUT THE PRON!!!!!!  :cry :O :(

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« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2007, 06:40:20 PM »
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Tell me the pron is ok...

ANYTHING BUT THE PRON!!!!!!  :cry :O :(


hopefully the HD survived, ill know more tomarrow
Crap now I gotta redo my cool sig.....crap!!! I cant remeber how to do it all !!!!!

Offline Roscoroo

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« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2007, 06:50:40 PM »
if it zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzffffffffft  thru the cable modem and down thru the r45/firewire/usb .... then the mainboard is most likely Toast ,along with your modem and possiably routor .

if the power cord was still hooked up and it zzzzzzaaaaped  thru there ussually the powersupply takes the whole hit and the mainboard will survive .

the harddrives should be ok if it wasnt  connected usb with a usb modem hookup.  no garrentee  but thats ussually the case ..
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Offline AWMac

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« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2007, 12:37:36 AM »
Your Puter is.....





Sorry....

Mac
« Last Edit: July 17, 2007, 12:45:43 AM by AWMac »

Offline Sandman

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« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2007, 12:39:10 AM »
Computers die.

They're just tools.

Get a new one.

:)
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Offline trax1

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« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2007, 01:27:40 AM »
Didn't you have a surge protector?  Or did it just not help?
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Offline RAIDER14

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« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2007, 01:55:00 AM »
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Originally posted by Sandman
Computers die.

They're just tools.

Get a new one.

:)


there is the issue of spendable money  for some of the high end stuff

spendable money- money you have left after bills and payments...

Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2007, 02:52:19 AM »
wont the home insurance cover most of it?

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« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2007, 04:06:32 PM »
Well I get my baby back after work today!!!
getting a new MB, cpu and memory also the power supply fried so its new
but all in all 550 bucks for a WAY better system.
ill post more details after work
Crap now I gotta redo my cool sig.....crap!!! I cant remeber how to do it all !!!!!

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« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2007, 06:51:33 PM »
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Originally posted by WilldCrd
Well I get my baby back after work today!!!
getting a new MB, cpu and memory also the power supply fried so its new
but all in all 550 bucks for a WAY better system.
ill post more details after work


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« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2007, 06:53:06 PM »
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Originally posted by Sandman
Computers die.

They're just tools.

Get a new one.

:)



Should've told that to me when Freshman year of college a 500 Mb HD went south with a 3 year collection of porn gotten from dialup.

That was a depressing night.


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Offline MiloMorai

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« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2007, 07:03:42 PM »
A 'pute. How about a house?

Last summer a friends house in the counrty burnt down because power surges from electrical storms. Fused the circuit breakers.

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« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2007, 07:44:05 PM »
I have computers, TVs etc, protected with this:

SurgeArrest® Essential
Essential surge protection for computers and home electronics.


http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=219



It is really cheap insurance.
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Offline Sandman

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« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2007, 08:20:25 PM »
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