Grr, might have a dead pc

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Friday night saw some hectic lightning, saturday pc hung three time, saturday night it would not post. To lazy to have a look at it now.
 
Happened to me once... had the same concern and cursed merrily.


Then I reset the surge protector on the multi-plug.... :o
 
First thing to do when you switch the PC on and nothing happens is to plug it out,
hold the power button for 30 seconds so that it discharges and then
to plug it back in and try again.

Also do you have ADSL, and is that line protected?
 
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HideInLight said:
First thing to do when you switch the PC on and nothing happens is to plug it out,
hold the power button for 30 seconds so that it discharges and then
to plug it back in and try again.

Also do you have ADSL, and is that line protected?
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That does nothing, powers on, leds light up, fans spin but no post beep.

Phone line was unplugged so it came through the mains.
 
If mobo has a grt value, post model number, will check if can find schematic.
 
Same thing happened to me a few weeks back after a thunderstorm. Wouldn't post. Fan spins for a few seconds then turns off, no beeping. Motherboard was fried.
 
ponder said:
The pc is old Q6600, G31 MB, 9600gt GPU. I reckon insurance can pick up the tab for a replacement, not stressing.
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Old, but nice CPU, GPU...
As it is insurance matter, do proper independent assessment. In JHB I can do, have plenty time.
 
sajunky said:
Old, but nice CPU, GPU...
As it is insurance matter, do proper independent assessment. In JHB I can do, have plenty time.
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Yeah she still ran fine.
Years back when my multifunction printer got fried they just wanted a quote for a new one and paid out, hopefully the procedure is still just as simple. Not in the mood to cart the thing to a shop.
 
Beerisgood said:
Same thing happened to me a few weeks back after a thunderstorm. Wouldn't post. Fan spins for a few seconds then turns off, no beeping. Motherboard was fried.
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Seems like we are members of the same club. I know for a fact that the gpu is dead a well, tested in another pc so I'd rather replace everything inside the chassis to prevent any other crap that might popup.
 
ponder said:
I know for a fact that the gpu is dead a well, tested in another pc so I'd rather replace everything inside the chassis to prevent any other crap that might popup.
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Mobo + GPU and PSU survived? You can blame power supply - never buy the same brand again.
 
One of the purpose of PSU is to protect what is inside.
If PSU survived blowing up mobo/GPU it i bad PSU.
If UPS survived blowing up PC, it is bad UPS, etc...

I see from the initial post and response that it is another thread type "mom, dad, I want a new gaming gear", possibly inspired by recent insurance threads. :)
 
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ponder said:
Seems like we are members of the same club. I know for a fact that the gpu is dead a well, tested in another pc so I'd rather replace everything inside the chassis to prevent any other crap that might popup.
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Yeah I'm doing the same, completely re-building it. Going to invest in a decent surge protector this time.
 
could be a faulty power supply, 12V to CPU. just another PSU before spend money on a motherboard.
 
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