power failure = computer failure.

[loff]

THe power went poof last night, and my comp didn't like it. The psu doesn't start anymore, so I assume it's blown. Atleast it smelled funny. The fan on my graphic card starts using another psu and connecting it to my mb. Does that mean that both my graphic card and mb works like it's supposed to do? How can I easily check if my ram and cpu works? If my disks and cd-roms starts to spin when they get power, do they work like they're supposed to, or is that just false hope? I need some help here : d Wanna know what's broken. Is this the kind of thing that warrenty is used for? :smile: Little help please :d

[PayBays]

checking if your RAM works = very easily

Pick out all the RAM and place 1 RAM in 1 slot at the time ( so only 1 RAM chip per time ) and turn on your computer.If it gives 3 beeps,you know your RAM chip is damaged.

About your graphic card,if you can't see any screen when you boot the pc,you know it's damaged.Also,if you place in 1 RAM chip ( that works ) and you start up your pc,it is damaged when you hear another 3 beeps

Your Central Processing Unit is an different story...i need to find a solution on that one.If it has smoked,you really need to buy an other one


If my disks and cd-roms starts to spin when they get power, do they work like they're supposed to, or is that just false hope

If you can boot on the pc,stick a CD in it and let it play on Windows Media Player and make sure he recognizes it in My Computer.Also for the other drives.

About the garantee,i don't know for sure.We call this a huge amount of electricity and i think it should fall in the garantee,check it :wink:

[Ned]

Well, the only one that can take a major disadvantage to the power interruption is the HD itself (beware of physical bads). The central unit has a power source which makes the system resistent to some power shutdowns and not harming the system and all it's components. Just open the unit's case and check for burned components (if each or one of them smell funny, then you got yourself a burned one, or two, if not, no problem). Mostly the source can be broken, because of the power difference (fast power shutdown). So check that one too.

[Arreat]

Yeah i am PC fan :D
Look Prime95-Torture test(if he communicate-CPU(Central Processor Unit) doesnt can do this -you have crashed CPU...)http://mersenne.org/gimps/p95v2413.exe
Test too- with Memtest -link - http://www.memtest86.com/
And too memory test- http://www.goldmemory.cz/

If Prime95 do error- O_o use so voltage(For example: normal is 1.4,o/c[overclock] this to 1.45 and run Prime95-Torture test...) And remember-you must have good cooling!

If Memory test's do error-Buy a new ram or o/c ram or leeway timing ( for example-original timing's is: 2,5-3-4-7 just leeway to 3-3-4-7 or -3-4-5-7...)

If you have problems write PW.

[loff]

THe psu smelled for sure, the disks are alive (woohoo! !!!11) and the rest i don't really give a shit about. Can get new, but downloading all of it will take for fucking ever.. thanks for help

[Le Fidèle]

^damn, that sux!

my power went out a couple of weeks right before thanksgiving,

but the wierd thing is, were on the "grid" meaning there is an airforce base (biggest one one the west coast) next to my house and the power shouldnt have gone off. . . . . . . it was somthing big that knoced my power out. . . .

[Ned]

I've had short power shutdowns everyday this fall, but luckily nothing bad happened with my computer.

[tern]

I'm going to assume user error.


Good luck getting it back up soon Kim!