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Topic: phone burn comp |
Lavelle Pierce
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huntsvile,ar 72740
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Posted 28 May 2008 3:01 pm |
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| hello wiz lighting went to phone and burn comp i put a power supplies worked about 5 min and nothing . the question could it have damaged the hard drive ?i have another comp if i transfer hard drive from burn comp recond it would hurt the new comp.i would like to restore a lots i had on the other burn comp thanks |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 28 May 2008 7:31 pm
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Lavelle;
You're better off taking it to a computer repair shop. There is no way for us to guess how much damage your components have suffered. There is probably a shop in Eureka Springs. Ask them to try to salvage your data from your hard drive.
A lightening strike that enters a computer case can take out every piece of electronics, or just particular items. The power supply has a fuse, but by the time it blows the voltage spike has already entered the case and passed through the power connector plugs to all disk drives and the motherboard.
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 29 May 2008 2:49 am
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| Many homeowners insurance policies will cover lightning damage. Check with yours as what Wiz stated when it gets a lightning hit it can take out the modem, power supply, motherboard, etc. Depending on what it damaged, and you get compensated from insurance, it may not be worth fixing and a new replacement may be the better option. Depending on how old it is, if you spend $$$ on repairing an "old" PC you will still have an "old" technology PC. For a litle more (or maybe the same) you can have a new technology PC. |
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