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Article #256Re: lightning strike - should the components be reused
From: sooky grumper
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 12:12
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 12:12
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sooky grumper wrote: > I wouldn't use it for anything. this sentence was incomplete: should have read ...for anything you might ever want to save. > The components, though they may be > working now, probably have a significantly reduced lifespan. Also, I > doubt you have the time or resources to really have a good check of the > components (neither would I). Don't sell it, it's damaged goods. Give it > away if you don't want it. Who knows what the person will actually be > using it for. A critical component that was there during the lightning > strike could end up dying the night before a job interview and they lose > their resume or some such. Personally, I'd try and run some very basic > diagnostics/testing software (memtest86, the HDD manufacturer's testing > software, etc) and use it as something to play around with, as you've > already suggested. Anything that'll fry the mobo will have done some > degree of damage to the other components. > -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo
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