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pebblerocker ([personal profile] pebblerocker) wrote2009-08-27 03:24 pm
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Oh horrors

Last night there was a thunderstorm so I shut down the computer and turned all the gear off at the wall. Today when I switched it back on at the socket there was a loud pop and a flash from the area of the power supply. Half the power points in the house stopped working. That put me into a bit of a panic, I can tell you! But after resetting the circuit breakers everything seems fine: computer goes, music and TV equipment still working, no expensive circuit boards fried in the washing machine. Whew.

Backup time for saved games and my drawing scans folder, though.
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[personal profile] pebblerocker 2009-08-27 09:32 am (UTC)(link)
No beep? That sounds serious! An excuse to upgrade the faulty component, perhaps?

[identity profile] antikythera.livejournal.com 2009-08-27 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Pff, yes. If I can figure out which one it is. I think I have to take it apart and see which one has charred melty bits.

I know it's not the power supply, because there is power to some things in there -- the lights and fans all come on when I power it up. It just never gets to the beep.
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