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yippiekiyeh
01-26-2005, 08:27 AM
Early morning yesterday I was greeted by a LOUD beeping sound. My APS was tripped and all the power was dead in the house. Apparently someone knocked down a powerline near my house!

Among the dead:

My Secondary Computer
Xbox
Gamecube
Cablebox
Print Server

Sad so sad... :(
gear02
01-26-2005, 08:49 AM
by dead, you don't mean burned out and no longer functional do you?
TERRIBLETOM
01-26-2005, 09:44 AM
We have some power outages here in mass due to the snow today.
yippiekiyeh
01-26-2005, 09:45 AM
by dead, you don't mean burned out and no longer functional do you?

Alas yes... the magic smoke escaped* and they don't work any more...

*old engineer joke
gear02
01-26-2005, 09:51 AM
Alas yes... the magic smoke escaped* and they don't work any more...

*old engineer joke


ouch...

Let's all have a moment of silence for the xbox and the gamecube.


...


thank you.

So how does a power outage fry those things, even if behind an APS?
Grubbie
01-26-2005, 11:54 AM
ouch...

Let's all have a moment of silence for the xbox and the gamecube


Screw the gamecube, RIP dear Xbox.....
BigJon
01-26-2005, 08:29 PM
Screw the gamecube, RIP dear Xbox.....

Hey now...

I'm assuming the PC was behind an APS....not the other items. You didn't even have them on a surge protector?

:shifty:

(goes to find surge protector for my GameCube...)
speedracer120
01-26-2005, 09:07 PM
Dayyum. That really qualifies as a SS for your wallet.
yippiekiyeh
01-27-2005, 04:30 PM
Yes, PC was behind an APS, but the secondary computer was not, it has a dead powersource, replaced the dead powersource and wah la, no more dead computer... As for the Gamecube and Xbox, they were just surge protector strip. Strip is dead and so are the consoles. Weird though, PS2 is fine even though they were all on the same surgestrip.

Just goes to show, ps2 is a little more tolerant of power spikes.
Jane83
02-05-2005, 01:46 AM
the power goes out in our town house too...so i light all my candles and dance around cause im crazy
nickel
02-05-2005, 05:52 AM
the power goes out in our town house too...so i light all my candles and dance around cause im crazy
drunk again tonight Jane? :P
Jane83
02-06-2005, 11:25 PM
drunk again tonight Jane? :P
stop stalking me!!
how did you know??
:cry:
kimchicowboy
02-07-2005, 03:48 AM
Yes, PC was behind an APS, but the secondary computer was not, it has a dead powersource, replaced the dead powersource and wah la, no more dead computer... As for the Gamecube and Xbox, they were just surge protector strip. Strip is dead and so are the consoles. Weird though, PS2 is fine even though they were all on the same surgestrip.

Just goes to show, ps2 is a little more tolerant of power spikes.
don't surge protectors have some kind of warranty?
nickel
02-07-2005, 05:28 AM
stop stalking me!!
how did you know??
:cry:
no stalking... just a lucky guess :bigeyes:
mcs328
02-07-2005, 07:40 AM
A power strip is different from a surge protector I would think. All my stuff I think it's on UPS or surge.
InfiniteNothing
02-07-2005, 06:51 PM
Early morning yesterday I was greeted by a LOUD beeping sound. My APS was tripped and all the power was dead in the house. Apparently someone knocked down a powerline near my house!

Among the dead:

My Secondary Computer
Xbox
Gamecube
Cablebox
Print Server

Sad so sad... :(

Pst, A think all those but maybe the cable box are powerd by power supply. Just replace the PS and you'll be in buisness.