Thunderstorm last week

[plug@arcticmail.com]

> > ...It just got flakey, froze up and wouldn't recognize any key-strokes.

OK, just exactly HOW did the lightning bolt instant-install Windoze on
your system?  :)  Does your homeowner's policy cover "Acts of Gates?"


Couldn't resist,

D


* On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 08:32:02PM -0700, Art Wagner wrote:
> You were lucky. If you want to stay "Lucky" I suggest you replace the
> surge protector(s) as soom as possable considering the Weather reports
> for the rest of this week. 
> Art Wagner
> 
> "Robert N. Eaton" wrote:
> > 
> > Just got back on line this afternoon after a hectic week.  During the
> > thunderstorm Sunday before last my townhouse suffered a near strike (no
> > perceptible interval between the flash and the CRACK-BOOM).  Even though
> > I had good (?)($36.95) surge protectors on both my home audio system and
> > my computer, the stereo amp lit up like a Christmas tree and stopped
> > working.  The computer was more subtle.  It just got flakey, froze up
> > and wouldn't recognize any key-strokes.  I used the BBS (Big Black
> > Switch) to turn it off.  When I tried to reboot the POST ran, but the
> > BIOS didn't recognize either of its hard-drives. Even with floppy rescue
> > disks I couldn't access the hard-drives.
> > 
> > Brought it back to P.C. Club (the makers/assemblers) and was told that
> > the BIOS had probably become corrupted, due, no doubt, to the extra
> > Joules whizzing about during the thunderstorm. They kept it over this
> > last week-end and called me this forenoon that they had flashed the BIOS
> > and it seemed to be booting correctly. They charged me only $25.00 (Hey!
> > It could have been worse.) I brought it home, re-connected everything,
> > turned it on, and it booted as if nothing had ever happened.
> > 
> > Life again is good.
> > 
> > Bob Eaton