Hi,
Unless the telephone line is fiberoptic, lightning can come in on the
phoneline directly into the modem and make a mess of the modem and even
the harddrive etc. I've just had to get rid of a computer to which that
happened. The good part is that household insurance may cover the cost
of the replacement.
Bill
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 23:18:29 -0500 "Manuel A. Camacho Q."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > hog are internal modems. I know nothing about this. Would it be
> reasonable
> > or unreasonable to expect a Pentium III 600 with 2 internal hard
> drives, a
> > CD-RW drive, a modem and a monitor to exceed 420 watts? I did not
> know
> > that internal modems are notorious power hogs.
>
> Monitors need plenty of energy to work. On the other hand, I would
> think
> about a hardware issue. Remember that cards and supplies do have
> their
> own protections, too. Also, backups are electromagnetical devices,
> thus
> sensible to such phenomena as hysteresis. Backups are not real
> protections for lightning.
>
> -Manuel.
>
>
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