wiped disk - no longer bootable

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 11 July 2019 06:03:09 Liam Proven wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 at 23:05, Gene Heskett <gheskett at shentel.net> 
wrote:
> > I've tried to steer clear if those unless wet.  Dry, they can
> > generate enough static to blow the gates it your memory.
>
> Aargh!
>
> Shows you can't trust all online tech tips... :-(

Well, me being both a retired tech, a C.E.T. and basicly a belt and 
suspenders type in this regard, I also will be wearing a "ground me" 
wrist band.  Those things are cheap enough, 2 or 3 bucks, that you 
should always snap it on before touching what is today, nearly 100% CMOS 
based circuitry. I also make heavy use of one of those $14 AC sniffers.  
We still have in most pre-NEC built houses, and even in stuff built 20 
years post-NEC 3 pin electrical plugs that aren't properly wired by 
incompetent carpenters.  You can get those gizmo's from your nearest 
home center, electrical aisle.

When I married this lady in '89, I moved into a house she'd bought 
in '81. Since there weren't any children to consider, I took the 3rd, 
smaller bedroom and made it into my computer den. First thing in the 
next storm, blowed a modem.  Replaced it, blew it again. I took the 
sockets out, verified they were wired right and soldered them with a 
silver bearing solder, going all the way back to the service, found it 
wasn't properly grounded and fixed that. That was 18 years ago, and I 
haven't lost a single piece of gear since. I don't care if lightning 
hits my service pole and sends me a quarter million volt surge, but if 
everything is properly bonded so that everything bounces in unison, 
nothing will be hurt.  I've since built a wired workshed and a garage, 
that needed a new 200 amp service, so this house is now a subcircuit.
And I still seem to be safe.

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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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