OT: BAM!, brother's computer died out of nowhere. |
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OT: BAM!, brother's computer died out of nowhere. |
bd1308 |
Jan 22 2006, 08:56 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
so i was downstairs setting the parents up with a nicer DVD player when my mom comes down the stairs yelling "something popped and the upstairs smells like burnt metal"....
go upstairs and sure enough it smells like bad burning metal or something. well I find the smell source, unplug it and bring it to the O.R. a capicitor blew apart and a coil desoldered itself from the power supply board (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif) it was "protected" behind a surge protector, so i'm goign to call the surge people tomorrow....has anyone ever done this before? his 85 dollar 80GB drive is also damaged.... b |
r_towle |
Jan 22 2006, 09:00 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,624 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States |
sounds like...hhhmmm, you know...if I had that jeep again, I might be in the mod to give you this really cool fast new computer...
And yes I have had it happen. The surge protectors dont stop everything, and sometimes they get old and never trip the switch... If the HDD still spins, I can give you some suggestions on how to save the data....and you will love doing it..its not that hard...just gotta be real clean. Rich |
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