Re: [OT] MTNL Triband Nu Users Beware - Part Of Your Downloads During Nu Hours May Be Charged To Your Non-nu Quota Of 1gb/mo.
Dinesh Joshi wrote:
On Monday 26 June 2006 13:55, Rony wrote: In case anyone is using 2 cards in their net access machine, then its better to keep the cable connection in the PCI card and LAN in the on-board one. A PCI card is more easy to replace.
Doesnt matter. A lightning will kill your board no matter whether its a PCI or an onboard card...
Nope. 3yrs back lightening took away my PCI card but comp worked. Then just 4days back one of my customers "on board" card blew because of lightening. But comp and LAN (PCI card) worked.
So its not necessary that lightening will take away mother board.
Amish.
On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 09:01 +0530, Amish Mehta wrote:
Dinesh Joshi wrote:
On Monday 26 June 2006 13:55, Rony wrote: In case anyone is using 2 cards in their net access machine, then its better to keep the cable connection in the PCI card and LAN in the on-board one. A PCI card is more easy to replace.
Doesnt matter. A lightning will kill your board no matter whether its a PCI or an onboard card...
Nope. 3yrs back lightening took away my PCI card but comp worked. Then just 4days back one of my customers "on board" card blew because of lightening. But comp and LAN (PCI card) worked.
So its not necessary that lightening will take away mother board.
It all depends on which component takes the brunt of the voltage spike.
If the voltage spike is coming thru the Internet cable, then the 1st component likely to be damaged is the card connected to it. I think that was the OP's point.
Anyway, damage to PC by lightning has no connection with MTNL TriBand NU billing errors - the subject line of this discussion.
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On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 03:08:31PM +0530, Arun K. Khan wrote:
Request to posters - please start a new thread for new discussion and don't hijack older threads.
Sorry about the hijack. But I was only comparing the safety of MTNL triband vs overhead cable connections that come in from the building tops.
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Rony.
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On Wednesday 28 June 2006 07:49 pm, Rony wrote:
On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 03:08:31PM +0530, Arun K. Khan wrote:
Request to posters - please start a new thread for new discussion and don't hijack older threads.
Sorry about the hijack. But I was only comparing the safety of MTNL triband vs overhead cable connections that come in from the building tops.
wonder which would be safer. Cable TV has tens of (almost) parallel connections with cable length of 25 to fifty meters. Each TV would have a surge arrestor - the small neon lamp in the antenna lead. Otoh the triband modem will have a proper gas discharge lightining suppressor - but only one per circuit with much longer cable.
Rgds JTD
On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 10:34:31AM +0530, jtd wrote:
wonder which would be safer. Cable TV has tens of (almost) parallel connections with cable length of 25 to fifty meters. Each TV would have a surge arrestor - the small neon lamp in the antenna lead. Otoh the triband modem will have a proper gas discharge lightining suppressor - but only one per circuit with much longer cable.
The main danger is from the terraces that are directly exposed to the sky. So cable gets hit easily. Actually the ethernet cards must be getting knocked off due to the high static levels. An actual lightning jolt will be big news in that area with possible damage to life and property ( God forbid ).
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Rony.
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On Thursday 29 June 2006 08:28 pm, Rony wrote:
On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 10:34:31AM +0530, jtd wrote:
wonder which would be safer. Cable TV has tens of (almost) parallel connections with cable length of 25 to fifty meters. Each TV would have a surge arrestor - the small neon lamp in the antenna lead. Otoh the triband modem will have a proper gas discharge lightining suppressor - but only one per circuit with much longer cable.
The main danger is from the terraces that are directly exposed to the sky. So cable gets hit easily. Actually the ethernet cards must be getting knocked off due to the high static levels.
Not with humidity levels of 85%. static would dissipate immediately. Is humidity causing the failure?. Or is it voltage leaks from CATV equipment.
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