- Aug 19, 2014
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Hi good people,
Should be a fairly simple one this, but wanted to ask. After a power cut last night my PC won't turn on. Two things:
- It was plugged into a surge protector. The surge protector is possibly 8 years old, still shows a green light for "protected".
- The power cut was weird. Not something I've seen in the the UK before. LED lights in the house glowed, and some electrical stuff - e.g. dehumidifer in another room, speakers attached to PC - still had lights showing. I guess the power was not to be totally off. After around 5 minutes, the power increased again, and LED bulbs now had a dim glow (a bit like a dark room) for another minute before everything came back on properly.
I think the most likely solution is that I have a dead PSU, would that be the place to start?
Should be a fairly simple one this, but wanted to ask. After a power cut last night my PC won't turn on. Two things:
- It was plugged into a surge protector. The surge protector is possibly 8 years old, still shows a green light for "protected".
- The power cut was weird. Not something I've seen in the the UK before. LED lights in the house glowed, and some electrical stuff - e.g. dehumidifer in another room, speakers attached to PC - still had lights showing. I guess the power was not to be totally off. After around 5 minutes, the power increased again, and LED bulbs now had a dim glow (a bit like a dark room) for another minute before everything came back on properly.
I think the most likely solution is that I have a dead PSU, would that be the place to start?
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