2 PCs will not power on
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Name: ralphus
Date: July 14, 2004 at 18:35:04 Pacific
Subject: 2 PCs will not power on
OS: Win2000
CPU/Ram: AMD 220, 256 DDR RAM
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Comment: I have 2 PCs and both worked fine up until today. We had
a storm and now both will not turn on. I tried a different
power cable, a different outlet. I tested the power supply
with a tester I have. I unplugged all the drives and
removed the PCI cards, basically everything except for the
connector to the motherboard and kept the RAM and
processor. Nothing. Not a sound or beep. Both
computers have a shuttle ak32vn motherboard. Both
computers were both plugged into a surge protector . Not
sure of any way of seeing if the motherboards still work.
Any advice would be appreciated
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Response Number 1
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Name: terrabyte
Date: July 14, 2004 at 19:25:20 Pacific
Subject: 2 PCs will not power on
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Reply: (edit)When the computers plugged in and the power is switche on, open up the case, remove the atx power connector leave it for a second then reconnect it, then press the on button and your computer should boot. It has happened to me many times before.
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Response Number 2
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Name: Symbios
Date: July 14, 2004 at 19:27:36 Pacific
Subject: 2 PCs will not power on |
Reply: (edit)Well on my computer, -for some strange reason- when ever the power goes out my computer won't turn back on either. I have to flip the power switch on the PSU back and forth a few times and then it'll come on. Maybe yours is the same? And do you use a 56k modem? Was the phone line protected also? Those phone line surges will absolutely ruin a computer even the slightest surge can damage it.
Shuttle AN35N-Ultra
AMD XP 3000+ 400Mhz FSB
512MB Mushkin DDR400
Evga GeForce FX 5500 256MB DDR
Two ATA100 40GB 7200 RPM Hard Drives (A Seagate and a WD) in Raid 0
One WD ATA33 30GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive
Lite-On 52327S CD-RW drive
Chaintech 7.1 sound card (Via Envy 24 Chip)
Koutech ATA133 Raid Card
Thermaltake 420W Silent PurePower
Symbios
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Response Number 3
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Name: XxxFrancisxxxUSA
Date: July 14, 2004 at 20:10:07 Pacific
Subject: 2 PCs will not power on |
Reply: (edit)Ralphus. You woulnd't happen to live in North Fulton would you? :-) Storms were pretty bad over here tonight. I unplugged the phone line from the modem. Everything else is jacked through the surge protector. Er... You have a problem buddy. Any surge could have damaged anything. I would initially suspect the power supplies. It's a toughie, it could be any part of the machines.
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