Re: Lightning Strike and surge

John wrote:
Hi Everyone.
We had lightning hit across the street from us and my PC got zapped along with other items in the house. Yes, I had two surge suppressors to no avail.
My home built PC is running a Intel D915GEV MB with four WD 250GB hard drives and a PCI-E ATI All In Wonder video card.
The PCI-E slot got zapped and everything else is working. So, I'm running the onboard graphics for now.
However, the computer is now starting "VERY SLOW" but all devices seem to work.
Any ideas???
Please Help..
Zapped in Nebraska



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