Originally posted by TheVirtu
Or at least turn off the bloody computer tower...its one BUTTON.
Havent you people ever heard of grounding plugs and power surge protectors?
noooo, if you pulled the plug on the computer you'd be fine, but if you just turned it off you'd be in as bad shape as if you left it on. see, the surge, if it's strong enough (lightning surges usually are
) will still go into your computer... remember, your powersupply is still connected to your motherboard, hard drive, CDROM, and other peripherals, so it'll still fry your computer even when it's off.
surge protectors are good, but if you check on the little package they usually have a limit of how much voltage they can take before they "aren't warrantied" anymore... this voltage is usually not even close to lightning. this happened to me once, and i called the manufacturer, and he said the same thing: "Sorry, but the surge you encountered (lightning) was higher than the specified unit was made to handle, check on the box"... i checked on the box, and yeah, he was right. so don't pay $200.00 just for a surge protector cause it guarantees it will replace anything damaged to an unlimited amount, like i used to do... look for how many amps it can take.
