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Jun 27, 2004, 06:50 PM
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DH's Latest Mac Convert
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modem fries mouse
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Jun 27, 2004, 06:53 PM
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Delete Me
Join Date: Mar 2004
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omg...hahahahaha...what are the odds of THAT!?!?!?!?!
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Jun 27, 2004, 08:54 PM
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DH's Dormant Dragon
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i don't think that's possible..... reallly... Phone lines don't carry a high enough voltage or amperage to do antyhing of that nature
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Jun 27, 2004, 09:17 PM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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lol, good thing it looks like it was in a company building and not someones house
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Jun 27, 2004, 10:07 PM
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DriverHeaven Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Not Vegas, anymore :(
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And people wonder why they should keep the side panel on...
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Jun 27, 2004, 10:32 PM
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ein Krieger
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Clemson Uni
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wow what an expensive mouse trap
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Jun 28, 2004, 12:09 AM
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DH's Dormant Dragon
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lol.. that's one way of looking at it rob.... then again.. what are modems going for nowadays? specially the damn POS winmodems that i can't seem to find enough of... WERE are all the good True Hardware modems..?
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Jun 28, 2004, 01:52 AM
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Delete Me
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Jun 28, 2004, 04:14 AM
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DH's Dormant Dragon
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you sure....i seriously doubt it was just something like that... i could see this happening if say there was a back surge on the phone line....
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Jun 28, 2004, 04:48 AM
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watching 1080i
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PCI slots have full voltage going to them, that's plenty of juice to fry a mouse- especially if the pointy ends of a solder joint stuck into the skin. Like sticking a toaster in the bathtub to a mouse--
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Jun 28, 2004, 07:41 AM
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DH's Latest Mac Convert
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strange occurence - what do we call this? pc-kill?
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Jun 28, 2004, 10:34 AM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
Join Date: Jun 2002
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Mice usually like to sleep in warm, dark places... I guess he found it.
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Jun 28, 2004, 12:14 PM
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PCI provides 12 volts, and I don't suppose the mouse was wearing any metal objects.
The line, I believe, provides about 80 volts with limited current, and a rather more potent jolt of 50v AC for the ringer. Perhaps there was a lightning strike nearby - a direct hit would be more devastating, but an induced voltage can fry a modem - and a mouse if unlucky enough to be in contact with it. Another possibilty, if there was an earth fault, leaving the rest of the PC (except the line isolator side of the modem) at significantly higher potential, then if a mouse (or person) came into contact with both, it could be nasty. |
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Jun 28, 2004, 02:46 PM
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ein Krieger
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Clemson Uni
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um...no...the whole computer would be the mouse trap judas...because who would want to use any computer parts that smelled like burnt hair and chicken?
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Jun 28, 2004, 04:05 PM
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DH's #1 Hustla and Pimp
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ahhhhhh frig nasty!
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Jun 28, 2004, 04:37 PM
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Watching
Join Date: Feb 2003
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nasty! and pci slots do carry enough voltage to fry a mouse - the phone line wouldn't have done it!
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Jun 28, 2004, 05:11 PM
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DH's Dormant Dragon
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well i just recall fixing a computer that had a family of mice in it... and they crawled all over the cars and whatnot... and none of them burnt.... although i agree it was a fire hazard as they could have started chewing into some pcb or wires.....
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