[Cube] I joined with a dead cube.

[Kunga]

Clarification: most Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) units come  
with a phone line i/o as well to protect against phone line surges as  
well as brown outs and power surges.

k

On May 28, 2005, at 12:17 PM, Kunga wrote:

> Let this be a lesson to all who read it, running any computer  
> without a UPS is a recipe for disaster. They coast almost nothing  
> and will save you hundreds or thousands of dollars over their  
> lifetime. I am constantly amazed at how many people don't have a  
> UPS between their Macs and the wall. INSANE!
>
> k
>
> On May 27, 2005, at 3:16 PM, Lou Hosta wrote:
>
>
>> Hi all,
>> I'm brand new to this list.  I've had a Cube (note the past tense)  
>> that I really enjoyed using.  One sad day there was a thunder way  
>> off in the distance, somewhere that wasn't even close to my  
>> house.  Anyway, there was a phone line surge that killed my poor  
>> Cube.  It has a 450 mHz processor with almost 1 gig of RAM and  
>> everything else is original as the day I bought it.  I took it to  
>> an Apple Store and got a quote on what it would cost to get it  
>> fixed. For a new Logic Board ($627.72), New Rage 128 Video Card  
>> ($147.4), and a new DVD-ROM Optical Drive ($296.47) and labor  
>> ($90.10) the grand total comes to $1161.69.  OUCH!!
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions, ideas, input like going on to  
>> eBay to get spare parts.  I'm a bit apprehensive to do this so if  
>> you have had any experiences buying logic boards via eBay, I would  
>> like to know about it.
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the help and welcome.
>> Lou