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06-12-2005, 08:46 PM | #2 |
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Could be anything. Try replacing the power supply first. If that doesn't work your motherboard and possibly other components are ****ed.
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06-12-2005, 09:02 PM | #4 |
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Your hard drive could be ****ed as well as any component on the motherboard.
I lost my first hard drive this way.
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06-12-2005, 09:16 PM | #5 |
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Another question: I have a really old power supply (150 watt ), can anything bad happen from using it to troubleshoot?
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06-13-2005, 12:00 AM | #9 | |
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150w rofl is right. not enough juice. dude, if your machine got fried by lightning, you're pretty much looking at replacing everything. your CD drive(s) might still function, and you might be able to get a HD reformatted, but mainboard and pci/agp cards are more than likely toast. those 12v boards weren't meant to handle 10000v... cripes a static charge will even fry them, so you can imagine what a lightning $trike will do. sorry to hear it and good luck. |
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This is such a bitch, I just upgarded this mother****er last summer with a XP 3000+ (before the 64 days), new mobo and a 180 Gig HDD.
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06-13-2005, 06:56 AM | #11 |
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Try replacing the motherboard.
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06-13-2005, 07:52 AM | #12 |
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Good surge protector with insurance policy worth it.
Does your homeowners policy cover it?
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it is impossible to collect on those UPS/Surge Protector warranties. They fill those with many loopholes to keep the average guy from ever being able to cash in.
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you can get a power surge through the phone/cable connection for the internet.
that way it bypasses the surge protector when the thunder boomers start i try to remember and unplug my computer completely ... disconnect the phone/cable line etc.
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06-13-2005, 01:29 PM | #15 |
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people still have dial-up?
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