My very first Computer years ago (a Dell -- before I became a builder),
suffered from all sorts of problems, and LOADS of in warranty repairs.
(Ever hear of anyone getting 5 MBs out of them for the same machine...?)
(I had the better service contract from the better division of the company.)
The ONLY things they never changed were the floppy drive and the tape drive...
I used to like hearing the Texas "Radio-on-hold" at 4AM while waiting for a
senior tech to pick up... (The best ones came in early...)
Then I got an APC UPS, and on the first day listened to it trip on and off
around 50-100 times... So much, the local Power Company (much to their
credit) sent a truck out...
To make a long story short, they found a VERY poor connection on a pole
about 100-200 ft down the street from my house... After getting a new MB again,
and a new APC-UPS (in warranty), all my problems suddenly stopped...
THERE WERE NO OTHER SYMPTOMS or any other early failures
in my house or my neighbors..........
Get "something", and get it "first"....... JMHO, YMMV...
Rick Glazier,
Former GEEIA
From: "Brian Weeden"
But I do know that there is a difference between "clean" and "dirty" power
and that the things I mentioned above can destroy electronics. So hopefully
someone on the list has had experience with cheap surge protectors failing
or in getting Monster to live up to the money and hype, or something along
those lines.
