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To: Boplicity who wrote (55414)	7/30/1998 10:27:00 PM
From: The Good Life	Respond to of 176387

Greg, I lost video and had to replace the motherboard and video card, still under 3-year parts warranty. Still can't print, though....Luckily it happened right before the warranty ended!

To: Boplicity who wrote (55414)	7/30/1998 10:28:00 PM
From: Dr. D	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

p.s. I find it hard to believe that I could burn out a section of the motherboard, the printer and terminal port area. Has anyone else seen this happen??? Please help??? Yes, I can happen as a result of lightning or a power serge. When you get your new machine get a UPS power supply. This will eliminate these problem. This may not be your problem but I have seen it quite often. I have read power surges are responsible for 40 % of hardware failures. Goog luck with your Dell Best wishes Donald . "IN DELL WE TRUST". T L Comiskey

To: Boplicity who wrote (55414)	7/31/1998 12:29:00 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

I find it hard to believe that I could burn out a section of the motherboard, the printer and terminal port area. I'm on vacation so, as usual, I am reworking and upgrading my relative's computers. One was burned out as you described. The cause was a lightning strike even though the computer was plugged into a store brand surge protector. Even components that we salvaged that appeared to work, such as diskette drives, had intermittent failures. I recommend total replacement. TP