View Full Version : Computer dead after power blip
Woof603
10-30-2007, 04:24 PM
My rig will not start at all. Another computer running in the room at the same time rebooted itself, but my main rig is completely dead. A very brief power interruption, and did not seem like a surge. The second blip in two hours following a fifteen minute outage. The computer rebooted after the first blip, but not the second. Am running a surge protector.
Any help at all greatly appreciated. Many thanks.
Skunk_438RCAF
10-30-2007, 05:04 PM
Power supply shot?
Monterey13
10-30-2007, 05:37 PM
I had two come in the shop this week after a storm and power outage. Both have motherboards that are shot.
-HH-Quazi
10-30-2007, 07:21 PM
Originally posted by Monterey13:
I had two come in the shop this week after a storm and power outage. Both have motherboards that are shot. Yea, we had some hellasious storms come through last week. You guys seem to get it a bit worse than we do. I am thinking it is because of the Tennessee river system & all the water around Paris.
And if I were a bettin' man, I would say the mobo also.
JG52Uther
10-31-2007, 01:10 AM
A long shot,but......after this happened to me a couple of weeks back,I disconnected the psu lead from the comp,plugged it back in a few minutes later,and it booted.Don't ask me why!
Woof603
10-31-2007, 11:14 AM
Thanks for the replies, guys. I'm still working on it.
Later: And now it's FIXED!
Multiple resettings of power cord and 24 hrs later: Bingo!
Urufu_Shinjiro
10-31-2007, 12:44 PM
Originally posted by JG52Uther:
A long shot,but......after this happened to me a couple of weeks back,I disconnected the psu lead from the comp,plugged it back in a few minutes later,and it booted.Don't ask me why!
I can tell you why, most good psu's have a protection circuit, you have to unplug them for a period of time to reset the protection.
JG52Uther
10-31-2007, 03:39 PM
Originally posted by Urufu_Shinjiro:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by JG52Uther:
A long shot,but......after this happened to me a couple of weeks back,I disconnected the psu lead from the comp,plugged it back in a few minutes later,and it booted.Don't ask me why!
I can tell you why, most good psu's have a protection circuit, you have to unplug them for a period of time to reset the protection. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Ah thanks,try to learn something new everyday! That OCZ520 WAS worth the money!
Woof603
10-31-2007, 04:21 PM
And I guess that's what saved me too. Thanks for the info.
JG52Uther
10-31-2007, 04:34 PM
WOW that worked Woof? Cooooooool http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
Woof603
11-01-2007, 08:09 AM
Originally posted by JG52Uther:
WOW that worked Woof? Cooooooool http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
Actually I simply unplugged the computer from house power overnight. I guess this had the same effect as unplugging the psu.
Urufu_Shinjiro
11-01-2007, 02:36 PM
Originally posted by Woof603:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by JG52Uther:
WOW that worked Woof? Cooooooool http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
Actually I simply unplugged the computer from house power overnight. I guess this had the same effect as unplugging the psu. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Same thing.