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On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 10:50:13 GMT, relloman@beasty.com (rello) wrote:

>got a newish dell dimension 4500 in that was knocked out by a
>lightning strike......i got the job of disposing of the box :)
>
>the mobo is definitely dead but all the majors, hd, both cd drives,
>floppy ram and video board are ok...havent tested the modem and s/card
>as yet but s/card prolly ok......modem i expect to be fried .....
>
>i could sell it at a very low price [with a statement as to its
>origin], use it as a testing station or maybe hire it out as a fill in
>for people who cant do without a computer........
>
>what would opinion be on putting it back into service for the above
>applications.....
>thanks for any and all replies

*Hatter is skeptical*

Just what do you mean by "knocked out by a lighting strike"?  Pretty much unless it got HIT directly
by lighting (and boy wouldn't that be a show)...it's probably just peachy.  If the lighting struck
one of the major power lines, trust me, you would know, like anything that was plugged into the wall
would be history and if you complained to the power company they would buy you new stuff.

Further, I would suspect that it only got hit with a slight surge or spike, either way the system is
probably just fine.  Try flipping that lil red switch on the back of the power supply a few times,
unplug and replug it in, hit the reset switch on the power strip and reseat the processor and memory
(it's amazing how often doing just that can get it running just fine again).

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