Post by GrilledCheese28 (aka Aruth) on Feb 16, 2007 9:29:51 GMT -5
Static electricity sucks.
So, I spend my days at work dealing with fairly expensive network equipment, servers, and PC's, and am pretty well versed in protecting the equipment from static electricity.
This morning, I'm running a bit late for work and realize I need to grab a file from my PC. I grab my flash drive, sit down in my chair, lean down to plug it in, and get to see the prettiest damn 1/2" long static shock arc I've ever seen.
Quicker than I can say 'oh shit', my PC spontaneously reboots. Starts coming back up and giving me a bunch of CMOS errors, then it boots into Windows. Everything seemed ok for about 15 seconds as my apps started up, then my computer started redetecting all my hardware as if it was newly installed.
Might be a pooched motherboard...hopefully its just my CMOS settings getting cleared out. Hopefully nothing else was damaged.
I had just bought a new nVidia 8800 video card too, but luckily it hasnt been installed yet.
Guess I'll have to assess the damage tonight, and hopefully it wont keep me from gaming for very long.
So, I spend my days at work dealing with fairly expensive network equipment, servers, and PC's, and am pretty well versed in protecting the equipment from static electricity.
This morning, I'm running a bit late for work and realize I need to grab a file from my PC. I grab my flash drive, sit down in my chair, lean down to plug it in, and get to see the prettiest damn 1/2" long static shock arc I've ever seen.
Quicker than I can say 'oh shit', my PC spontaneously reboots. Starts coming back up and giving me a bunch of CMOS errors, then it boots into Windows. Everything seemed ok for about 15 seconds as my apps started up, then my computer started redetecting all my hardware as if it was newly installed.
Might be a pooched motherboard...hopefully its just my CMOS settings getting cleared out. Hopefully nothing else was damaged.
I had just bought a new nVidia 8800 video card too, but luckily it hasnt been installed yet.
Guess I'll have to assess the damage tonight, and hopefully it wont keep me from gaming for very long.
