Lightning and unplugged computers

["Madeline L. Buchanan" <mlbuchan@HIWAAY.NET>]

Is there any way that a computer can get hit by lightning even though it is
unplugged from the electrical and telephone supplies?  After a severe
thunderstorm yesterday with a lot of lightning, I had a memory decrease
error in my Gateway.  I could still use it, but every time the computer
stayed off for a while, the error reminder would come up.

This also happened two years ago at school to a Dell computer that was
disconnected for the summer that was close to a VCR that was plugged in and
was struck.  I got three different answers from Gateway as to repair the
problem, including reformatting the hard drive, when I finally took it to
the Gateway Country Store for repair.  I'll let everyone know the outcome,
even if it does seem strange.

Madeline Buchanan

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Madeline L. Buchanan                    W. J. Christian School
Library Media Specialist                Birmingham, AL  35206
mlbuchan@hiwaay.net                     Phone (205) 838-7666
http://home.hiwaay.net/~mlbuchan        http://home.hiwaay.net/~wjcs/

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