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House Eats Another Electronic Device

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Shared on Mon, 07/28/2008 - 14:49

Maybe.

My computer died Saturday.  It won't boot-up.  Basically, it's dead.  No idea how or why.  It won't recognize the HD.

Now, it probably isn't the house, but, I'll just chalk it up to the house.  (4) AC kills.  (2) Refrigerator kills.  (1) Xbox kill.  (1) TV, and now, (1) laptop computer.  All in the past 3-4 years, and almost all fairly new electronics.

*Sigh*

Thank god it's on another item that I bought an extended warranty for.  I rarely buy them, but for the things I do buy them for, they've come in handy.

 

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th3midnighter's picture
Submitted by th3midnighter on Mon, 07/28/2008 - 15:02
you have a second hdd to boot up or a usb portable drive that you can swap to see if its the hdd or the motherboard or seomthing else? I wouldnt give up on it before testing all that.
VenomRudman's picture
Submitted by VenomRudman on Mon, 07/28/2008 - 15:03
Damn, you've got a terrible track record there. It's gotta be the house, don't they have conditioners you can put at your circuit box? In my house, any expensive electronic item is attached to a UPS, but that wouldn't help with AC or the fridge.
Smithcraft's picture
Submitted by Smithcraft on Mon, 07/28/2008 - 15:09
I'd look in to some sort of conditioner like th3midnighter said. SC
hubristes's picture
Submitted by hubristes on Mon, 07/28/2008 - 15:16
You can download a linux CD that will run from the CD drive. If it's an OS problem, the CD will boot-up and you'll be able to recover files. You can just google for "linux for windows recovery". I used Knoppix and it worked well.
TANK's picture
Submitted by TANK on Mon, 07/28/2008 - 17:04
Maybe you need a good quality surge protection power strip? Those cheap $10 or less ones only have one or two plugs that are surge protected. The more expensive $20 and aboves ones are all protected. I personally rely on APC to keep my electronics save.

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