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Lifer
- Dec 14, 2000
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True story. My inlaws house was struck by lightning. I drove down to their house to inspect the damage. His DTV receiver was obviously blown (didnt power up and stank of burned electronics), and his modem in his computer did not work either. Logic dictated the electrical charge came in on the phone line causing said problems. I replaced his modem, ran a diagnostic program on it, and we agreed everything was fine.
From the time I left to within a total of 3 weeks later, both of his com ports stopped working, his sound card stopped working, and a 64 mb stick of ram stopped working also. He also started receiving all sorts of software errors, memory errors, blue screens, etc. I reformatted his pc and reinstalled windows but the problems were still there.
Point is, even though the damage is not obvious, its still there. Better to be safe than sorry and replace any and everything that you think may have been affected, especially delicate electronics like that in a computer. If you dont know if its ok, be safe and replace it. Your first duty is to ensure the items are fine and if you cannot do that, replace them.
From the time I left to within a total of 3 weeks later, both of his com ports stopped working, his sound card stopped working, and a 64 mb stick of ram stopped working also. He also started receiving all sorts of software errors, memory errors, blue screens, etc. I reformatted his pc and reinstalled windows but the problems were still there.
Point is, even though the damage is not obvious, its still there. Better to be safe than sorry and replace any and everything that you think may have been affected, especially delicate electronics like that in a computer. If you dont know if its ok, be safe and replace it. Your first duty is to ensure the items are fine and if you cannot do that, replace them.
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