Lately I've been very paranoid about things like this. What do you guys think? Personally I unplug things I really care about, like my pc, and I take my phone etc. from the charger, but I don't unplug a lot more than that.
Same here!Heh, I plug in my portable devices when I think a storm is approaching, then unplug them when it does come. That way, they'll be charged for when the power goes out.
that reminds me.. that also happened to my GPU... when that happened i had recently purchased a good one.. after the thunderstorm i had to get a new motherboard, gpu, and "power thing"Yep, you should. I've had a GPU and monitor fry due to a thunderstorm happening when I was sleeping and it wasn't a nice experience having to buy new ones just due to that.
In my case the PSU seemingly saved most components in my computer from frying, but the GPU which was hooked up to the monitor wasn't quite as lucky.that reminds me.. that also happened to my GPU... i had recently purchased a good one.. after the thunderstorm i had to get a new motherboard, gpu, and "power thing"
IIRC the HDD ram and cpu survived...
you heard about me and minox nownever unplugged anything except for when I travel and won't be home for some weeks ...
I believe there are more than enough protections build in the homes nowadays, never heard from anyone around me that any of their electronics died because of a thunder storm ...