lpdeluxe
The Precision Bass Guy
Mine suffered a power SUPPLY failure which sauteed the innards. I was at the shop that rebuilt it the other day and the owner told me he kept one of the blackened hard drives to frighten customers with.....
dobro
Well-known member
Okay, first off, a power failure just means the electricity stops - it's like turning the computer off before you close out of Windows, right?
Next, a power supply failure - in the first place, how could that fry the guts? Also, even if the power supply self-destructed, why would that require software reinstallation? I know, I know - this belongs in the computer forum. Ask the moderator to shift it.
Next, a power supply failure - in the first place, how could that fry the guts? Also, even if the power supply self-destructed, why would that require software reinstallation? I know, I know - this belongs in the computer forum. Ask the moderator to shift it.
lpdeluxe
The Precision Bass Guy
One last response, then I promise I won't subvert this thread any more...
I don't know how the power supply failed. That was the guess of the techs who rebuilt it. They said everything inside looked like it had been struck by lightning.
I don't know how the power supply failed. That was the guess of the techs who rebuilt it. They said everything inside looked like it had been struck by lightning.
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ozpeter
New member
Here the power failure was the "off on off on" kind in the space of a few seconds. Two of the PCs here were fine, but the third could not be persuaded to reboot - "Windows Protection Error" - I tried many things gleaned from the net, but to no avail. Looked like corruption of drivers and the registry and the file allocation tables and who knows what else. Moral - use a UPS and do proper backups. However, the exercise of reinstalling does always sharpen the focus on the software you really need. Also this time around I've got the KX drivers working for my Platinum soundcard (my "real" system uses an Echo Mia, I hasten to add), which I'd never succeeded with before.
dobro
Well-known member
Man, your responses are so balanced. I'd be moaning like a moaning thing.
"Looked like corruption of drivers and the registry and the file allocation tables and who knows what else."
Damn. That's relatively horrible.
"Moral - use a UPS and do proper backups."
What's a UPS? Surge protector?
"Looked like corruption of drivers and the registry and the file allocation tables and who knows what else."
Damn. That's relatively horrible.
"Moral - use a UPS and do proper backups."
What's a UPS? Surge protector?
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ozpeter
New member
Uninterruptible Power Supply (I think!) - more than a surge protector, these things have a constantly charged battery which powers your system through an inverter, so whatever happens to the incoming power will not affect your system. They usually have enough battery reserve to enable you to shut down your system properly in the event of a long power cut, and most will actually do that for you via a USB connection, if you are not around to do the job manually.
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SEDstar
Active member
whats a UPS
i'm a computer tech dude...
UPS is lingo for Uninterruptible Power Supply.
The only time i personally fried major components all at once was when i hooked an IDE power connector backwards. I was "hot swapping" (I got lazy...lol) and even though the molex connector is polarized, ie goes on one way, I got it close enough that it arced...the power shot thru the ground plane, and took out the CDrom, the hard drive, various other components...lol
i feel for you.
One thing: windows protextion error does not necessarily mean the hard drive is totally kaput. I mean, its EASIER to use another hard drive, or to format it and start over again, but...
Maybe, just MAYBE, you could buy a small hard drive to put windows on fresh and get the comp running. Your old hard drive put separate.....
then, you connect the old hard drive as a data drive, and maybe you can read the files off you want. Worth a shot. I get windows protection errors when i am installing win98se on an older PC "headache" motherboard. Genrerally, windows protextion errors means accessing a resource illegally (like memory in a protected range, for instance) its a boot up issue, which is why i striongly suspect you could take out old hard drive, get another and put windows on and install track software to get up and running, then use old hard drive as a data drive. Probably nothing wrong with hard drive, just having trouble booting up? see, if the hard drive was physically shot, it wouldnt even BEGIN to boot up to GIVE you trhe windows protection errir in the first place. Im not saying the drivers and boot sector aint shot to hell, but you might be able to read it as a data drive.
i'm a computer tech dude...
UPS is lingo for Uninterruptible Power Supply.
The only time i personally fried major components all at once was when i hooked an IDE power connector backwards. I was "hot swapping" (I got lazy...lol) and even though the molex connector is polarized, ie goes on one way, I got it close enough that it arced...the power shot thru the ground plane, and took out the CDrom, the hard drive, various other components...lol
i feel for you.
One thing: windows protextion error does not necessarily mean the hard drive is totally kaput. I mean, its EASIER to use another hard drive, or to format it and start over again, but...
Maybe, just MAYBE, you could buy a small hard drive to put windows on fresh and get the comp running. Your old hard drive put separate.....
then, you connect the old hard drive as a data drive, and maybe you can read the files off you want. Worth a shot. I get windows protection errors when i am installing win98se on an older PC "headache" motherboard. Genrerally, windows protextion errors means accessing a resource illegally (like memory in a protected range, for instance) its a boot up issue, which is why i striongly suspect you could take out old hard drive, get another and put windows on and install track software to get up and running, then use old hard drive as a data drive. Probably nothing wrong with hard drive, just having trouble booting up? see, if the hard drive was physically shot, it wouldnt even BEGIN to boot up to GIVE you trhe windows protection errir in the first place. Im not saying the drivers and boot sector aint shot to hell, but you might be able to read it as a data drive.