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Thread ID: 87176	2008-02-11 08:04:00	Gaming Board - Any One used this	wainuitech (129)	Press F1

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639481	2008-02-11 21:28:00	One of these (www.playtech.co.nz) Asus boards is a bit cheaper for the same specs.	stormdragon (6013)
639482	2008-02-11 22:30:00	Thanks for the comments and suggestion people - :thumbs: I contacted the person and ended up ordering the board that wratterus Suggested in post #8 He already has 2 Gb Memory, and a 7950GT 512Mb DDR3 Card, XP 64bit with 250Gb HD and doesn't want to go any higher. He was going to claim on his insurance, but already has a $500 excess - so decided not to claim. Interestingly I have found out / got 4 peoples PC's - all in the same area had PC's blow (3 boards 1 PSU) on the night of the Lightning - must have been a good belt in their area, including 5 Telstra Cable modems fail all at the same time - 4 of them on the Blown PC's.	wainuitech (129)
639483	2008-02-11 23:41:00	Interestingly I have found out / got 4 peoples PC's - all in the same area had PC's blow (3 boards 1 PSU) on the night of the Lightning - must have been a good belt in their area, including 5 Telstra Cable modems fail all at the same time - 4 of them on the Blown PC's. Glad you got it sorted.. :thumbs: I've seen that before too, we had a massive lightning storm here a while ago... 20+ PCs with various blown bits. Now whenever theres lightning forecast, we order more modems and PSUs! :lol:	wratterus (105)
639484	2008-02-11 23:56:00	Now whenever theres lightning forecast, we order more modems and PSUs! :lol: I know the feeling and do the same esp for Modems.	wainuitech (129)
639485	2008-02-12 03:23:00	Thanks for the comments and suggestion people - :thumbs: I contacted the person and ended up ordering the board that wratterus Suggested in post #8 He already has 2 Gb Memory, and a 7950GT 512Mb DDR3 Card, XP 64bit with 250Gb HD and doesn't want to go any higher. He was going to claim on his insurance, but already has a $500 excess - so decided not to claim. Interestingly I have found out / got 4 peoples PC's - all in the same area had PC's blow (3 boards 1 PSU) on the night of the Lightning - must have been a good belt in their area, including 5 Telstra Cable modems fail all at the same time - 4 of them on the Blown PC's. As someone who has never invested in any type of surge/lightning protection - but think about it occasionally - I'm curious to know whether any of them had any such add-ons? If so, they obviously didn't work. Or is it that nothing protects against something as drastic as lightning anyway? I see so many products advertised at vastly different prices that it's hard to know how expensive to go for something which could be trusted to work. And it's hardly a "try before you buy" situation...	Laura (43)
639486	2008-02-12 03:57:00	Lots of people have surge protectors that are purchased from places like Dick Smiths / warehouse etc. While they work OK for minor spikes, they generally can fail and some of them don't even warn you they have failed. A dedicated UPS will provide battery backup in case of a brown out ( power Drop) or power cut. The ones I use are Shown Here (www.dove.co.nz) I get them from Dove Electronics but several other places have them as well. There are plenty of different good brands about in surge protection, but these are not a UPS with battery backup. One demo I give to customers on how it works is 1st thing I do is plug in the UPS to give it some power - then after its had about 10 minutes of charging, they are usually curious as to what this black box does - So I say - in a power cut what happens to the PC ? (Answer) it suddenly shuts down - I then explain with the UPS it wont and tell them to pull the power from the wall - which they don't - so I do - and to there amazement the PC is still running :eek: - the UPS is beeping indicating a power cut - But all thats meant to do is give you time to save any work and shut down normally, if you have a power drop it does the same thing - not keep the PC running for hours. A brown out can also corrupt files - a surge protector wont do anything. The lightning we had that caused damage - we had 5 of these beeping in the house all at once - what a racket :lol: when the power came right after less than a minute they all went quiet again - but saved possible damage to the PC's and TV's. In direct Lightning strike - The last thing I'd be worried about is a PC blowing up. NOTHING will safe electrical items from that.	wainuitech (129)
639487	2008-02-12 04:20:00	Add to above - the people only had multi boxes with built in surge protection - 1 had an additional cheap surge which did nothing it seems.	wainuitech (129)
639488	2008-02-12 05:53:00	I always unplug mine from the wall as I read about lightning strikes years ago and decided the few seconds it takes was worth it. No protection about brown outs I know and then someone said well you should unplug the modem too. (I don't).	mark c (247)
639489	2008-02-12 06:09:00	Short story about Modems - Yes you should. Had a customer go to Aust for a Month holiday - unplugged the PC / LCD from the multi box - didn't want to purchase a UPS at the time so - no power at all. We had a lightning storm while the family was away - on return their PC wouldn't detect the Modem to dial out - replaced the modem - all was well - Modem had gotten zapped through the phone line. UPS's (or the ones I use) have telephone line protection as well. So yep! it does happen.	wainuitech (129)
639490	2008-02-12 08:02:00	I always unplug mine from the wall as I read about lightning strikes years ago and decided the few seconds it takes was worth it. No protection about brown outs I know and then someone said well you should unplug the modem too. (I don't). I pull the plug on everything (home theatre system including aerial, too)!. I live at the top of a hill above Wellington, and have had some close strikes :eek:, better to be safe than (expensively) sorry.	feersumendjinn (64)
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