[Tfug] USB hang

[erich]

Anyway,
             I'll be away on travel, and my USB-challenged motherboard
will have to wait for a week or so. Lightening surges can do weird
things. I could tell stories from folks that have lived in Florida. Florida
is not the "Sunshine state" it's the "Lightening state"

                                                                                                           
Erich

Bender wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian" <choprboy>
> To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 12:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] USB hang
>
>
>> On Friday 10 August 2012 12:29, Zack Breckenridge wrote:
>>> So now its my turn: came home to find a (2 months old max) Cisco cable
>>> modem with a non-functioning Ethernet port and a laptop that won't 
>>> power
>>> on.
>>>
>>> I really have no question about these machines, as I assume I'm the 
>>> victim
>>> of a power surge. The laptop was in its' "declining years" anyway. 
>>> Oddly,
>>> other machines on the same power strips weren't affected, so perhaps 
>>> its
>>> just a coincidence.
>>>
>>> My actual question is: is this something to be expected from 
>>> Tucson's power
>>> infrastructure and/or lightning storms? I've lived here for a long 
>>> time and
>>> haven't really had problems like this before, so maybe I've just been
>>> lucky.
>>>
>>
>> We've had multiple items destroyed by lightning in the couple weeks 
>> here at
>> work. We go thru dedicated surge arrestors by the dozen every monsoon
>> season.... Easy to believe cable modem getting fried by a nearby 
>> lightning
>> strike, same with the laptop if it was directly connected to the same.
>>
>>
>> Adrian
>
>
> Sounds like the experience I had.
> Laptop was connected to ethernet port on DSL modem. Then, after a 
> storm the modem didn't work and the ethernet port on the laptop was 
> dead too.
>
> Now, I use a cheap-o switch as a sacrificial unit between my cable 
> modem and the PC/router/firewall.
>
> Not sure how that can hurt. Plus, perhaps it could help...
>
> Does anyone suppose problems could come from the DSL/cable company as 
> well as from the electric utility?
>
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