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Firestormalpha 05-23-2003 04:14 PM

Wonderful, just wonderful!! *kicks cat, eh err, dog that is, yeah dog (Sorry Z) then proceeds to ravage the surround lands until calm enough to continue. It decided to send some nice downpouring rain in Florida today. Unfortunately the enemy of EVERY computer user on eart reared it's ugly head, lightning!! And me with my less than optimal surge protector. Lightning strikes pops the whole house's power, everything shuts off and comes back on in the blink of an eye. My computer reacts, as normal, with the rest of the house. The killer? I decide to play Morrowind after my computer is up and running again. Loads nicely untill you want to load a saved game. Gets up to initializing files or whatever it says and closes back to Desktop. GRRRR ended up removing all of Morrowind and reinstalling it. Haven't tested it yet, but if it still doesn't work any ideas on what might be busted? Be specific.

TheCrimsomBlade 05-24-2003 12:31 AM

could have blown your SD or RDRAM or it may have just cleared them if so you may have lost all of your save games but you should be able to start a new game.If you can't then, check your 4 RIMM sockets to see if you need new memory cards or not.

AND GET A SURGE PROTECTOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kakero 05-24-2003 01:29 AM

don't need to spend $450 for a power surge protector. just make it a habit to unplug your computer power plug from the plug and the telephone line from your modem.

[ 05-24-2003, 01:30 AM: Message edited by: Kakero ]

B_part 05-25-2003 05:07 PM

Kakero is right. Never use your comp during a storm. It's pressing your luck. Unplug the machine and do something different for a change, like reading a book or signing in the rain [img]tongue.gif[/img] .
I know peaople who had to throw their machines away (HD, display, ram, main board, everything!) because of the lightning. Don't risk that... it would make the loss of some savegames a trifle matter!

Firestormalpha 05-25-2003 08:38 PM

Just to clear things up. I think it was the manner in which I got my computer to start back up that messed with the files. Also I didn't "lose" any save files they just wouldn't load all the way. My computer still registered them as existing. Anyways just had another storm tear through the area causing the power to flicker 3 times all in the same 5 min. period. Thankfully I took your advice and my PC was completely disconnected. Kakero, I'm not sure what kind of surge protector you've been looking at. Maybe one that could take a hit directly to the strip itself? Anyways I've made plans to pick up a UPS over the course of this week.

TheSlayer 05-26-2003 02:58 PM

I know how you feel... my computer right here have been slow and full of errors ever since a storm... grrr...

B_part 05-27-2003 05:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TheSlayer:
I know how you feel... my computer right here have been slow and full of errors ever since a storm... grrr...
It doesn't take a storm: a Microsoft windows OS is enough [img]tongue.gif[/img]


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