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Answer» I was working on my computer and a severe thunder storm was going on and gave me a power outage.In about 10 seconds my power came back on but my computer was mysteriously still off.I checked my surge protector and it was off.The wierd thing is that the Surge Protector was switched on, so I decided to switch it off and wait till the morn.Next day, I switched my Surge Protector back on and it was working fine like nothing happened. Then I try to turn on my hard drive and it didnt turn on! What happened? Quote from: IGNITE on August 17, 2007, 05:23:31 PM I was working on my computer and a severe thunder storm was going on and gave me a power outage.In about 10 seconds my power came back on but my computer was mysteriously still off.I checked my surge protector and it was off.The wierd thing is that the Surge Protector was switched on, so I decided to switch it off and wait till the morn.Next day, I switched my Surge Protector back on and it was working fine like nothing happened. Then I try to turn on my hard drive and it didnt turn on! What happened? I don't understand how the surge protector was on and off at the same TIME? It should have turned off immediately. By "hard drive" do you mean computer? Is there a green LED light on your motherboard? Does anything else work in the same socket? Are you sure you have 'reset' the surge protector using the CORRECT procedure for that one?Contrary to popular belief...a surge protector will protect your system from normal electrical spikes such as a power outage...however, it your system was plugged in at the time of a thunderstorm and suffered a hit from a direct lightning strike...you can rest assured your system has suffered damage. You may need to take this system to a professional to have them look at it.@Delta: I meant that during the power outage, my surge protector's power was off and when the power was cut back on, the surge protector was still off so I switched it off. In the MORNING, I switched it back on and it worked fine but when I turned on the computer, it didnt turn on. Also, by hard drive, I meant computer and no LED light was on. @Saviour: Thats what I thought, thanks for the help.So,Ignite. Do you have a removable modem in the computer? The modem is often the thing that takes the direct hit.Yes I do but what do I do with it? I'm trying to turn on my computer not my modem...Ignite... If you feel comfortable with it...unplug the power cord from the computer...and then remove all of the other cables. Open the case and look for any swollen or blown capacitors on the motherboard. Also take a whiff of the power supply to see if you smell anything like a burnt electrical CIRCUIT. This could be a sign of a fried PSU or fried mobo. Again...you may want to have a tech look at it to see if it's something really serious... Hopefully, you can find a tech that will give you a free diagnosis if they do the repair. Just keep us posted and in the future...during a thunderstorm...turn off your computer and unplug it from any power source. Keep us posted...and by the way...you're more than welcome!Quote from: Ignite on August 17, 2007, 06:26:31 PM Yes I do but what do I do with it? I'm trying to turn on my computer not my modem... I was just pointing out if you had a ruined modem from the power surge you could physically remove the modem and try to boot the computer then.@street: I'll try that also. @Saviour: Thanks for the advice and I'll keep posted on whats happening. |
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