Power Surge burn out. System with ASUS A8N32-SLI Mobo and AMD AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Model 4200+ processor was hit with a power surge or outage while I was on vacation. No response when pushing the start button and burned insolation smell in case. I...

yet. Certainly if one lives in an area of unreliable electric power, powering down the computer is probably best. When electrical current returns after a power outage, it sometimes surges and burns out the power supply, occasionally taking other components...

from groups: alt.tv.tech.hdtv () A surge protector protects against power surges. It does not do anything for current fluctuations. For that you need a power conditioner and starting prices for a good quality unit are higher than even good surge protectors....

so there should not have been any power surge. Okay, the dealer has found the problem... In spite of the 950W UPS I have hooked up, it appears a power surge occurred. The Enerex power supply has burn marks inside on the power cords. Here are my questions...

Unmountable Boot Error due to power surge. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support () My computer was on and we had some bad thunder storms and lost power briefly. I now have a blue screen saying I have an "Unmountable Boot Error"...

surge. What happened was the lights in the room actually grew in intensity-- I'd say almost doubled-- and flickered quit a bit, which is abnormal for what I would usually call a "power surge". Whatever this event is called, I am 100% sure that it caused the...

A S-Video connection fried both my TV and laptop! Answers ... Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops () Hello, Recently, I had a big power surge problem involving both my brand new laptop and my less than two years old TV. Two total looses. My main...

a power surge, electricity (power spike) will take the most easy route, and I guess that was it. Not sure if anyone else could point out the significance of why. If it is still workable, it will reset itself. Problem is, you can have a working power...

and the motherboards awesomeblue leds were lit up, i presseed power and........ pop power supply sparks or somethin on theinside, the led goes out, and everything loses power,the surge protector i was using is still in tact, and the outlet works, wat went...

9800GTs in price, and surpass it in performance. Or, get a DX11 if you can. Power surges can kill computer parts. You can play games 24hrs a day and it should be fine. In January I would hope that you have more than the venerable 9800GT, and yes power...