Storm Topic

[Macattack64]

It is storming so bad!!! It's like... Ridiculous!!! So much lighting... I hope the power doesn't go out...
It's so windy!!!

 

[Damien]

get off the CPU

 

[Macattack64]

Why?

 

[darkesword2020]

The electricity will shock your computer to death... :$ops:


Not literally.

But he's right, stay off until the storm's over.

 

[Damien]

power goes out and it can f$%# up your cpu

 

[Macattack64]

The cable is out... We have a surge protector... And this computer already has a virus... It's already doomed... DOOMED!!!

 

[sgtduckman]

not if you have a surge protector then it'll be fine...

 

[Spartan104]

I still would take that chance.

 

[baileyboys]

Corpus Chirsti? Cause theres like a hurricane or tropical drepression there.

 

[tehronin]

your comp is not doom from a virus ....
just download avg free
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-...-virus/us/frt/0

pst download the one that says free

and scan ur comp in safe mode, it always finds the viruses and deletes them, at least for me

 

[WookieLord]

Its thought that a huge number of RROD returned 360s are killed by household surge protectors, so i'd be careful with it. I unplug mine whenever i se lightning under the vicinity, because i will go mad if my xbox is away over late september. I've become paranoid - i play a fan over it and leave it in plenty of space standing upright to prevent the GPU overheating...
btw, not using ur PC during a storm of the epic proportions worth posting about even if it has a virus is a good idea - i dont know much about viruses but i presume the damage it does is to ur data, ie ur hard drive, and therefore the CPU & motherboard is reusable... but wont be if they're fried.

 

[papamurf812]

My house had burned down when I was in 3rd grade and I was on the comp. I ran out without turning it off and my mom said it would have been savable if I had turned it off.

 

[Lt Ambrose]

They say you shouldn't plug your 360 into a surge protector cause it already has one built in. You'd think two surge proctectors would mean twice the protection, but I guess not.

 

[WookieLord]

I had a two second power cut the other day and the ring flashed up, but it was like this

/
\ /

rather than this:

/ \
. /
which i think is the lethal GPU problem... I hit the power button and was hugely relieved when it started up normally...