Please anybody, I left my laptop plugged into my wall circuit and had the power overload because I had too many appliances running at the same time. And I went to switch back on the electricity in my room and when I came back in the laptop had been playing music , but now was sputtering static very loudly and the screen was blank (nothing on there) and I tried to turn it off, and I could not turn it off. I finally took the battery out of it and put it back in and then it booted up fine and I am typing to you now on it.
How likely is it that I did serious damage?
2007-03-04 04:37:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
YES, IT DEFRAGMENTED OKAY, DID TAKE 30 MINUTES, BUT EVERYTHING SEEMS FINE.
THANKS VERY MUCH EVERYBODY FOR YOUR HELP!!
2007-03-04 05:43:18 · update #1
Not very Probable so don't worry
2007-03-04 04:44:47 · answer #1 · answered by rmn_tech 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your workstation should not be damaged via a skill reduce. It sounds like you workstation battery does no longer carry a good can charge and the workstation crashed. the very undeniable truth that it has booted up back exhibits that is okay yet try switching off or disconnecting the wall provide even as the workstation is on, this is going to do not have any result on the workstation because the battery will take over. If it shuts down then your battery needs replacing. yet relax certain no damage can come to the gadget via the mains provide merely shutting off.
2016-11-27 20:54:04 · answer #2 · answered by stiefel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd worry more about your overload - you wouldn't care about your laptop if the house had burned down. Update your wiring and get more wall sockets. Or better still cut down on the power you use. Your laptop is probably OK, but do you back up your data? One day your hard drive will die....they all do. If you haven't copied your stuff you will have lost it>
2007-03-04 06:08:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In all probability your laptop will be fine.
Microprocessors are sensitive to power problems and you may simply have crashed the running programs.
By removing the batteries, you have reset all the programs using a hard boot.
If it works fine - you are OK - no real damage.
2007-03-04 04:42:23 · answer #4 · answered by David P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not likely to have done serious damage. The computer's power supply unit seems to have protected you from the worst of your mains spike.
Now you have had a "wake up" call, you should invest in a surge-protection device. They're not expensive and usually come built into power distribution extension leads.
2007-03-04 04:51:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi.
You have make a big mistake. But be cool man because its not the end of the world and everything has a answer. You have to be very carefully with computer because you can damage it very seriously. This time you have been very lucky but I think you better be more carefully because its very important.
2007-03-04 04:44:27 · answer #6 · answered by erisbica777 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unlikely - as you would not be able to use again if you had.
Although you could find you can't play music on it again.
Don't make the same mistake again - you might not be so lucky next time.
Get a power breaker.
2007-03-04 04:43:47 · answer #7 · answered by Jewel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if it powers on ok and works then there's nothing to be worried about. do you still have the warranty with it? i would make a back-up of all your information incase anything did happen to it in future. also your warranty should cover any damage :)
2007-03-04 04:46:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very unlikely, or you wouldn't be working on it
2007-03-04 04:59:40 · answer #9 · answered by mkaamsel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋