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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by acjohnson55 on Saturday March 14, 2026 @08:55AM (#47376193)
I lost an audio mixer to a bad surge last year. I don't know whether it was additional load or just really bad fluctuations that damaged the device. Nothing else bit the dust, but the, digital board in this mixer got bricked.
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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by lucb1e on Saturday March 14, 2026 @04:12PM (#47380690)
How did you know it was a power surge? Not doubting your comment, just interested in knowing if this ever happened to me
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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by acjohnson55 on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @07:34AM (#47515961)
Just saw this days later - I'm not sure if it was a surge specifically, but it got bricked after a really wacky power swing. So maybe not a surge, exactly.
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