- Mar 10, 2005
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after 5 years of bulletproof service, my monster power supply/circuit breaker is giving up, without taking a big hit. i guess $400 doesn't get you a decent surge protector anymore. it choked while surfing the internet, killing power to my tv (3 month old Panasonic TH-50PZ80U) and pc (4 month old Q9300, 9600gt x2, etc). i unplugged the pc and tried to power up the tv - ps goes "bzzzz CLICK". OH SHIT, my brand new plasma has shorted! :Q nope, plugged into a $15 tripp-lite strip and running fine. i plugged the pc into the strip and powered on. BOOT FAILURE! OH SHIT, my new (and only) puter has fried! :Q poking around in BIOS, found nothing changed. power up again...success! 
the voltage needle on the front shows 108-110V, nothing unusual. when i tried powering anything off of that circuit, the needle dips to 105V and BZZZ CLICK. i don't know if the other circuits are cooked, and hesitate to find out. this thing used to be solid - playing CoD4 on the plasma with the receiver and sub blasting, all powered from the HTS 3500 without blinking.
does anyone have recommendations for a decent power supply/surge protector? i'd like another box, not a strip. i won't be wasting huge money on one of these again.
update: the other circuits are bzzzz-clicking, too. this thing is toast. dammit! :|
the voltage needle on the front shows 108-110V, nothing unusual. when i tried powering anything off of that circuit, the needle dips to 105V and BZZZ CLICK. i don't know if the other circuits are cooked, and hesitate to find out. this thing used to be solid - playing CoD4 on the plasma with the receiver and sub blasting, all powered from the HTS 3500 without blinking.
does anyone have recommendations for a decent power supply/surge protector? i'd like another box, not a strip. i won't be wasting huge money on one of these again.
update: the other circuits are bzzzz-clicking, too. this thing is toast. dammit! :|
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