[TenTec] Another Lightning Srike

[Kimberly Elmore]

Well, it finally found me...

Around noon or so a thunderstrom formed very fast almost overhead. Antennas were disconnected, but had a very close strike near my 60 m Force 12 Sigma 80 vertpcal dipole. I don't think it was a direct hit. Anyway, heard a sound like a firecracker in the shack. Went in and smelled the evidence of an arc, but no electronic smell. Computer was dead and the OII won't boot. Only the meter lights come on. It's packed up and ready for autopsy at TT. Good thing I have insurance.

I found two arc-detecting breakers tripped in the panel and one standard breaker tripped. GFIs are OK so far. Also lost a switch for the home network, but all else seems OK so far. I suspect the MB on the computer, since the PS checks OK but nothing happens when it's plugged into the MB. I pulled all the PCI cards, the video card, and finally the CPU and memory and it still won't post or even generate the diagnostic beeps.

I unplugged evrything from the OII and tried the standard reset: No joy.  I can't remember the super duper reset, but I should probably try tyat before I ship it off. WHat's that sequence?

Kim Elmore, N5OP