05-24-2016, 12:00 PM
space-time wrote:
sorry to hear that.
was this plugged in into any form of UPS or Surge Protector?
is a UPS or Surge Protector even able to protect against a lightning strike like that?
Old house with ungrounded wiring, cheap power strip.
Almost everything in my living room was fried. Receiver, TV, router, cable modem, network drive. The only survivor on that circuit was the Xbox. iMac was in the office just below the living room downstairs. Everything else on that circuit was fine. I suspect the wired Ethernet connection to the router upstairs was what did the iMac in.
Nobody feel sorry for me. I'll likely be getting a new replacement for my 8yo iMac. My data's intact. AirPort Extreme was getting flaky, so that'll be an improvement. The only bad thing is they won't be able to replace my last of the breed ST Panasonic plasma. I'll be interested to see what they come back with on that. I don't even know if you can spend $1600 (I think that was msrp on mine) on a 50" tv without without getting a pretty nice 4K (which I don't care about for our viewing distance). Do they even make 50" 4K TVs?