Too much broken hardware
Let me announce the 3rd piece of broken hardware in 3 months. This is definitely too much 
First my Dreambox 7025, then a Denon AV receiver, and now my Linux workstation decided to die. It looks like (hopefully) just the PSU is to blame though — doesn’t react to incoming power any more.
As if I had time for such things *sigh* …
Update: It looks like there was a power surge during a thunderstorm. My Dreambox and AppleTV halted as well… aaargh
Update 2: A new PSU brings the workstation back to live *phew*. Dreambox and AppleTV did not have permanent damages either.
C.M wrote:
Might be time to get a surge protector or two, or maybe a UPS? I’ve gotten one PSU burned by a thunderstorm this year, but at least rest of the computer was still ok.
Posted on 18-Aug-09 at 6:42 am | Permalink
mickey wrote:
I agree. Can anyone recommend a surge protector that actually works? There’s so many cheap ads for these things everywhere that I don’t trust anything — and since you can’t really test it, I have to rely on the vendor…
Posted on 18-Aug-09 at 10:59 am | Permalink
PJ wrote:
Get the cheapest UPS you can that 1) will handle the load for at least 5 minutes and 2) has line-balancing - my old apt was as far away from the power substation as it was possible to be, so I had brownouts 2-3 times/week. Powerstrips didn’t help, but the line-balancing stuff in the UPS did.
Posted on 18-Aug-09 at 3:30 pm | Permalink
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