[ltp] did a storm grill my thinkpad ?

[James Knott]

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Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote:
> At night there was a storm here, AC power was interrupted several 
> times and my T42 was connected to AC. I left the laptop on when I went 
> to bed, it was downloading an iso file.
> 
> When I woke up this morning, the screen was frozen, no mouse or 
> keyboard movement. I turned it off then on and the screen is dead 
> blank. The IBM logo doesn't even show up. I quit the CD drive, the 
> extra memory, the hard disk but it didn't help.
> 
> Can it be that my motherboard was burnt by some power overcharge ? 
> Isn't there any fuse to protect the equipment ? I also noticed that 2 
> ports of my ADSL modem stopped working too...
> 
> Is there a way I can buy a cheaper motherboard than those of IBM ?
> 

When you have power interruptions like that, there are often significant
voltage spikes, which can damage equipment.  Fuses do nothing for such
spikes, as they are over current protection.  You need a good surge
protector to prevent such damage. A UPS will also help.


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