Hey guys, my house just had a power outage and my computer wont turn on. I tried unplugging and plugging everything back in but it still wont turn on? Am I supposed to leave it or something? anyone else had this experience? Thanks Guys
2007-05-24 12:55:22 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Wires sometimes fray because of a power surge causing a black out
Best thing you can do in the future is buy a surge protecter box
and yes it happened to me before on my 2002 very old mac
2007-05-24 13:00:25 · answer #1 · answered by db 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely, when the power went out, it fried a core part of your computer, seeing that you need a working processor, mother board, and power supply for it to turn on, one of those parts have gotten fried. If it was the Motherboard or CPU, there's a good chance the both got fried.
You'll have to take it to a local repair shop, I do not recommend BestBuy's Geek Squad, they charge a lot and make it sound like they do a lot, go around and get some quotes on pricing.
Before you do that: Make sure the switch on the back of the computer by the black power cord is flipped on, if you are not sure what is "on", try the turning it on while its flipped one way, then try the other. Might be the outlet (doubtful), try plugging it in different wall outlet.
Good luck!
2007-05-24 13:00:44 · answer #2 · answered by Water Bottle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably did burn out your power supply, but there is a couple of things you can do. There should be a small switch on the back of the power supply that you can switch to stop all power. Unplug the tower. Buy a surge protector to prevent this from happening again. Leave it off for at least an hour, then power it back on (make sure to leave the power supply off, if applicable, for the entire hour as well. If your power supply does not have this switch, just leave the computer unplugged) If this does not work, try another outlet and try again. If it still does not work, then yes, it is your power supply.
2016-05-17 07:00:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have a surge suppressor on the whole house, but I still got a computer and a fax machine fried once, because the lightning hit the telephone lines. About all you can do is take it in to a repair person for diagnostics. That way you can decide which is better - to replace your whole computer with a new one or to replace fried parts.
2007-05-24 13:05:07 · answer #4 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is plugged into a surge protector there is usually a "breaker" on the surge protector that will need to be reset usually just a button to push on the power strip itself... push the button and try it from there, If you do not have a surge protector (power strip) try it in a different outlet.....
2007-05-24 13:02:27 · answer #5 · answered by nomad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In addition to all the others suggestions which are good try swapping the power leads monitor and System unit . if they are not the same borrow one. and try it from a different power point as well.
2007-05-24 13:07:29 · answer #6 · answered by Easy Peasy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say it fried either the power supply or your board.If it does nothing then simply buy a new power supply,no major to reinstalling or uninstalling.Take care my friend.
2007-05-24 12:59:24 · answer #7 · answered by duanehullihan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh no!!!
Hope not like mine..
try plug your computer direcrtly to AC..if it function then its your AVR or UPS..
If not....call a pc tech..
maybe its your power supply inside your CPU..
worst case....defective hard disk
2007-05-24 13:16:01 · answer #8 · answered by LeSsBrAiN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something fried inside, most likely your power-supply, but this can get messy as memory, motherboard can be shocked to death too.
2007-05-24 12:58:18 · answer #9 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happened to me once, fried ethernet card. Could have been worse.
2007-05-24 12:59:50 · answer #10 · answered by MLM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋