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maybe everyone else knewthis but i (expensively) didnt.
just built myself 2 lovely new workstations (in one box.. see here: http://www.chaosgroup.com/forums/vbu...k-workstation-)
connected them both to my adsl modem and been playing with them for a few weeks.
had a big thunderstorm right overhead last night. got so bad that despite having a ups with surge protection, i decided to shut everything down and unplug all the power, just to be safe,including the modem.
had a few wobbles in the lights, and one strike was so close it set off the house alarm next door.
today, i plugged everything back in and it all works, -apart from the ethernet ports on the modem, AND the ethernet ports on BOTH my new workstation motherboards. Completely dead.
since this is how i connect to the internet and each machine to each other, this is qute a big problem.
seems unplugging the power isnt enough. seems there is no surge protection anywhere in the modem or the italian phone system, or my motherboards..
should have unplugged the phoneline too
now my only option is to either try to return both motherboards ( with the same component blown on both :O/ ) or to get some pcie ethernet adapters.
annoyingly ill have to do some more case modding to fit in ethernet adapters and i HATE the idea of having broken components in my new machine.
i dont expect anyone to have a solution to my problem, but maybe it will persuade someone to unplug the phoneline, or purchase an ethernet/phoneline surge protector. i had no idea i needed one..
just built myself 2 lovely new workstations (in one box.. see here: http://www.chaosgroup.com/forums/vbu...k-workstation-)
connected them both to my adsl modem and been playing with them for a few weeks.
had a big thunderstorm right overhead last night. got so bad that despite having a ups with surge protection, i decided to shut everything down and unplug all the power, just to be safe,including the modem.
had a few wobbles in the lights, and one strike was so close it set off the house alarm next door.
today, i plugged everything back in and it all works, -apart from the ethernet ports on the modem, AND the ethernet ports on BOTH my new workstation motherboards. Completely dead.
since this is how i connect to the internet and each machine to each other, this is qute a big problem.
seems unplugging the power isnt enough. seems there is no surge protection anywhere in the modem or the italian phone system, or my motherboards..
should have unplugged the phoneline too
now my only option is to either try to return both motherboards ( with the same component blown on both :O/ ) or to get some pcie ethernet adapters.
annoyingly ill have to do some more case modding to fit in ethernet adapters
and i HATE the idea of having broken components in my new machine. i dont expect anyone to have a solution to my problem, but maybe it will persuade someone to unplug the phoneline, or purchase an ethernet/phoneline surge protector. i had no idea i needed one..
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