Tanner31593
07-02-2008, 08:51 PM
This is a true story. It's grammatically horrendous, BUT I'M IN A PANIC HERE. lol. And i'm having a TAB key problem, so no indenting foryou.
It was a stormy evening. July 2nd, 2008. Guesstimation it was a little after 5PM.
It had been storming earlier, but it had seemingly stopped. I was cleaning my room, vaccuming. To be more specific, I was putting my pillows in the bag, then sticking the vacuum hose in the bag and sucking out all the air.
I fired up AOL Connect on my trusty ol' PowerMac G4. Then, while waiting for it to connect, I turned my back. Nobody was watching. I had done this many times before, but this time was different. Without a doubt, this time was different. White earbuds and all, I was dancing around to Barry Manilo's COPACABANA, oblivious to the fact that there was a jaw-dropping display of lightning out the window behind me. In the middle of the song's chorus, I heard a loud POP coming from the general area of my PowerMac. Loud noises are no stranger, usually there is no danger, but this was different. I turned around in a heartbeat, startled, and looked at the monitor. Everything seemed normal. AOL Connect was dialing. I moved my mouse, nothing. Frozen. In a panic, I turn my Mac off. I then unplug it immediately.
Then thunder crashed, and that's when I knew. In the midst of connecting, lightning had struck. That's when I remembered that I had procrastinated replacing 2 bad surge protectors, one belonging to me, and the other to my mom. It's not that I had forgotten to replace them, every time we went into the store I remembered that they needed to be replaced, but somehow they never made it home. I go upstairs and ask my family if they heard anything. Although my mother was in the shower, my dad and brothers informed me they heard a loud pop as well. I walk over to my mom's computer, and I sit in the chair. Her PCwas off, and everything seemed normal. The suspense builds as I reach for the power button...........nothing.
Zip.
Zilch.
No noise, no beep, no NOTHING.
The surge protector under her desk looked fine, on and blinking like it always is. Knowing that the modem part of the surge protector had previously failed, I check the phone. No dial tone. My routine thunderstorm phone line routine was complete.
At this point, I don't really know what to do. I go back downstairs and turn on my PowerMac. Everything seems fine. I unplug every phone and computer in the house, then I plug one phone back in. I hear a dial tone, so I plug every phone and computer in one at a time until I confirm my suspicions. The problem indeed were the 2 unprotected computers. I had been using a DSL filter as a splitter (Hey, it works...), and that was the problem preventing the phone lines from working.
I open AOL Connect. Everything seems fine up until the "Connecting" bit. No dial tone. I unplug the phone cord from my Mac and plug it into an old phone sitting around, and i'm taken aback when I hear a dial tone. Phone=dial tone. Mac=No dial tone.
Well, that seems easy. Replace the modem, right?
I had one of those green squares kicking around that I was sure would solve all my problems. I put it in my Frank. Power it up and all that, and I open AOL Connect. Still nothing. Looking at "About This Mac" everything seems fine, but all is not fine.
All is not fine indeed.
(Fade to black)
I don't need an oscar, i would just love your tech support, and maybe some suggestions for who should play me in the movie. :lol:
I'm assuming the modem I put in was good, but I replaced only the modem itself, not it's cable or the jack thing. (Hey, I don't know what it's called...)
When I first got the DA last August, the seller I bought it from had the modem jack misaligned, so I just saw silver metal instead of the actual jack, so I went out and bought one just to find that there actually WAS one, they just put it in wrong so you couldn't see it.
I was looking for it earlier but I can't find it anymore.
What could be upsetting my dear Frankie? (sobs)
Hope my stupidity didn't end his long but promising life.
:crying: :crying: :crying:
If I did damage his brains permanently, well....looks like i'll have to find a Frank II. (SOBBING CONTINUES)
Mk i'm done being dramatic, so the violins can stop.
Look on the bright side, at least there's a TECH QUESTION to be answered here now!
Now I need to head on over to a PC forum to get help with my mom's computer, although that's going to be way more difficult.
Thanks, you guys and gals are the best!
Tanner.
It was a stormy evening. July 2nd, 2008. Guesstimation it was a little after 5PM.
It had been storming earlier, but it had seemingly stopped. I was cleaning my room, vaccuming. To be more specific, I was putting my pillows in the bag, then sticking the vacuum hose in the bag and sucking out all the air.
I fired up AOL Connect on my trusty ol' PowerMac G4. Then, while waiting for it to connect, I turned my back. Nobody was watching. I had done this many times before, but this time was different. Without a doubt, this time was different. White earbuds and all, I was dancing around to Barry Manilo's COPACABANA, oblivious to the fact that there was a jaw-dropping display of lightning out the window behind me. In the middle of the song's chorus, I heard a loud POP coming from the general area of my PowerMac. Loud noises are no stranger, usually there is no danger, but this was different. I turned around in a heartbeat, startled, and looked at the monitor. Everything seemed normal. AOL Connect was dialing. I moved my mouse, nothing. Frozen. In a panic, I turn my Mac off. I then unplug it immediately.
Then thunder crashed, and that's when I knew. In the midst of connecting, lightning had struck. That's when I remembered that I had procrastinated replacing 2 bad surge protectors, one belonging to me, and the other to my mom. It's not that I had forgotten to replace them, every time we went into the store I remembered that they needed to be replaced, but somehow they never made it home. I go upstairs and ask my family if they heard anything. Although my mother was in the shower, my dad and brothers informed me they heard a loud pop as well. I walk over to my mom's computer, and I sit in the chair. Her PCwas off, and everything seemed normal. The suspense builds as I reach for the power button...........nothing.
Zip.
Zilch.
No noise, no beep, no NOTHING.
The surge protector under her desk looked fine, on and blinking like it always is. Knowing that the modem part of the surge protector had previously failed, I check the phone. No dial tone. My routine thunderstorm phone line routine was complete.
At this point, I don't really know what to do. I go back downstairs and turn on my PowerMac. Everything seems fine. I unplug every phone and computer in the house, then I plug one phone back in. I hear a dial tone, so I plug every phone and computer in one at a time until I confirm my suspicions. The problem indeed were the 2 unprotected computers. I had been using a DSL filter as a splitter (Hey, it works...), and that was the problem preventing the phone lines from working.
I open AOL Connect. Everything seems fine up until the "Connecting" bit. No dial tone. I unplug the phone cord from my Mac and plug it into an old phone sitting around, and i'm taken aback when I hear a dial tone. Phone=dial tone. Mac=No dial tone.
Well, that seems easy. Replace the modem, right?
I had one of those green squares kicking around that I was sure would solve all my problems. I put it in my Frank. Power it up and all that, and I open AOL Connect. Still nothing. Looking at "About This Mac" everything seems fine, but all is not fine.
All is not fine indeed.
(Fade to black)
I don't need an oscar, i would just love your tech support, and maybe some suggestions for who should play me in the movie. :lol:
I'm assuming the modem I put in was good, but I replaced only the modem itself, not it's cable or the jack thing. (Hey, I don't know what it's called...)
When I first got the DA last August, the seller I bought it from had the modem jack misaligned, so I just saw silver metal instead of the actual jack, so I went out and bought one just to find that there actually WAS one, they just put it in wrong so you couldn't see it.
I was looking for it earlier but I can't find it anymore.
What could be upsetting my dear Frankie? (sobs)
Hope my stupidity didn't end his long but promising life.
:crying: :crying: :crying:
If I did damage his brains permanently, well....looks like i'll have to find a Frank II. (SOBBING CONTINUES)
Mk i'm done being dramatic, so the violins can stop.
Look on the bright side, at least there's a TECH QUESTION to be answered here now!
Now I need to head on over to a PC forum to get help with my mom's computer, although that's going to be way more difficult.
Thanks, you guys and gals are the best!
Tanner.