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    Lightning strike gets computers though network, what's broken?

    Haha.. Unless he blew up his own computer as well, pretty sure it was lightning ;) We found that we has an old 2600+ computer with SATA so we should be able to test hard disks.. In the mean time, does a couple of i3 540's with 4gb of ddr3 sound like ok replacements? :) or would e8400 or i5 be...
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    Lightning strike gets computers though network, what's broken?

    Sparks physically came out of the modem, yet like I said I'm using it right now, and the switch on between my computer and the modem.... HUGE!!! Coincidence that my computer failed completely in related??? It's def something hardware blown coz it won't boot off removable disk either
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    Lightning strike gets computers though network, what's broken?

    Yep.. Using the wifi from the modem on my iPhone right now.. And have an old P4 plugged in.. Is there a bootable scan disk? Like memtest86 for for hard disks?
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    Lightning strike gets computers though network, what's broken?

    Hello.. We had out computers unplugged for a thunder storm.. While I wasn't even at home my brother plugged his computer and modem back in (connected to mine with network cable to switch to mine)... We then had a sudden lightning strike, sparks came out of the modem, now his won't turn on, and...
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    The PS3 Clubhouse

    Actually I won't do the thing I said above, because I think it may be illegal or against the psn rules or something..
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    The PS3 Clubhouse

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    "Failed to Lock Vertex Buffer", Half Life 2 DM error

    Ancient thread. I've had my HD3850 for AGES, never had this problem since.
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    XBOX360 owner clubhouse, come on in ;)

    I think the falcons RROD rate is still like 10%. Which is a lot better then the original.
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    The PS3 Clubhouse

    I am. :) Would it be cheap enough for it to be worth posting to Australia?
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    The PS3 Clubhouse

    :banghead::banghead::banghead::twitch::twitch: :shadedshu:shadedshu lol
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    MMORPG Clubhouse

    So what level in WoW are all you guys? How much money do you have? I'm level 33 now, I have around 85g, but I had a lot more before that as I just bought my Mount Training and Wolf, and 4x 16 slot Netherweave bags. So far I'm loving World of Warcraft.
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    The PS3 Clubhouse

    :O :O :O :O MGS4??????EMPTY????????????? Buy a 360??????????????? To put it simply, just don't. You may as well buy a car and sit it in your room running, bout the same loudness, produce about the same amount of heat, and overall, would cost about the same.
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    [FS][US] U.S. 2000 Wii Points Cheap!!

    Can a mod please delete this Delete please
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    The PS3 Clubhouse

    Firmware 2.41 is out.
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    The PS3 Clubhouse

    Aww, WoW is down for 10 hours, back to GTA4 for me then, lol.
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