On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 15:13 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > I actually had about half of my apartment and office rewired about two weeks > ago. I re-did the ceiling tile in the kitchen and it seemed to be the opportune > time to rationalize and update the wiring. But that was two weeks ago and the > problem didn't show up until this Friday when I hooked up my new computer. Just maybe the problem that was existing, cropped up when you used the socket. Get one of those socket testers to see if the polarity of the plug wasn't compromised during the re-wire job. That's all it would take to really screw things up. Those testers will also check your ground. A refrigerator plugged into an ass-backwards socket will spike just about everything in the house and they tend to run a lot of the time. Some electricians are no better than professional wire-strippers. A socket tester is always a good thing to have in your kitchen hardware drawer. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
