Posted by NikkiT2 on June 11, 2005, at 9:01:43
In reply to Re: thunder storm...where? » Jai Narayan, posted by partlycloudy on June 11, 2005, at 8:07:59
I remember sitting up through a night in New York watching one of the most amazing storms I had ever seen.. the lightening ws just constant - like noting we get in the UK.. And that was only a minor one!
Get yourself an UPS - Uninterruptable Power Supply.. they're just a multi plug thing you plug into the main socket, but contain power surge protection, and will prevent any power surge from killing your computer.. We learnt the hard way - a minor power surge (not even storm related) blew 75% of the components in our pc a couple of years ago (christmas morning too.. was very distressing *L*).. They're not expensive, around £15 in the UK but a very very good investment!
Nikki xx
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