We've entered "lightening season" and I have begun unplugging my systems as storms approach. I have concerns for my G4s: Yikes!, QS 2002 Dual 1GHz, and soon to be had DA Dual 533.
Does this place a drain on the PRAM batteries? I believe someone contributed awhile back, that when the psu capacitor drains, that's when the batteries are used more. What might be a time limit on such a capacitor drain? I've come to mistrust surge protectors, and really don't want to go into UPSs ... but are they immune to lightening? I also disconnect my DSL modem and ethernet cables: that's how lightening fried my last QS mobo [and a USB connected Nikon 5000ED circuit board (now back fresh as well)] ... the QS I think actually had problems since eBay. My replacement mobo is behaving really well. All this unplugging has become rather comical (well, to my cat and dog, since we're here, mostly to ourselves). Any suggestions about how to accomplish this better? Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
