oh-oh, dead Computer, burning smell...

[doug boardley]

If all else fails I can send my in-house IT specialist to you!
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My 8 month old daughter Imogen!

I've got two of them at ours Brian!

 

[user123]

Beloved PC still at the PC hospital, guy recognized the smell of burned power supply straight away and said USUALLY nothing else like hard drive or other components affected, but won't know "until he has time to look at it" :mad2: oh I hate waiting, big time...He'll give me a ring... hmmpff...

 

[Bolter]

Beloved PC still at the PC hospital, guy recognized the smell of burned power supply straight away and said USUALLY nothing else like hard drive or other components affected, but won't know "until he has time to look at it" :mad2: oh I hate waiting, big time...He'll give me a ring... hmmpff...

He's right, Id be very very surprised to the point where I would think he was lying if he says the HDD is damaged from the power supply going pop.

Good luck!

 

[Dan]

HDD should be fine no matter what. They click and knock when they go, and you can always still turn on the PC. The fact nothing happens when you hit power suggest it is the power pack. They range from £20 to £80ish. You'd only need the cheaper on I'd have thought. But then any time for the guy to install it or check the rest etc. So I wouldn't be expecting a big bill G.

When processors go you don't smell anything and if you PC has more than one it'll still load but be really slow. And when the motherboard packs in you should still be able to get power but nothing loads on the screen. You may get the BIOS screen load or something like that.

I'd have said it's 100% power pack and I'd also dare say 100% that it's not affected anything else.

 

[user123]

Thanks, Bolter

 

[user123]

Happily reporting back, sitting on my returned pc, it was just the power supply, £20, and all working fine!! YES!!! Thanks all for all your responses ***

:hurray:

 

[mikethetile]

very happy for you G

 

[CJ CERAMICS]

Happily reporting back, sitting on my returned pc, it was just the power supply, £20, and all working fine!! YES!!! Thanks all for all your responses ***

:hurray:

im very happy for you g i hate when things go and its left in some-one elses hands

 

[DHTiling]

Happily reporting back, sitting on my returned pc, it was just the power supply, £20, and all working fine!! YES!!! Thanks all for all your responses ***

:hurray:

Can't complain for that price..

 

[user123]

Nope, pretty good, I thought so, too

 

[DHTiling]

I have known PC power packs to east double that.. so nice one..

 

[Dan]

£20, a bargain.

 

[aph257]

got a good fixer there, i'd have changed at least twice that, i used to fix PC's in prior life.

 

[user123]

I have known PC power packs to east double that.. so nice one..

£20, a bargain.

got a good fixer there, i'd have changed at least twice that, i used to fix PC's in prior life.

It's a proper shop in town, too, tiny place, dry humoured sort of chap, but seems to know what he's talking about... so yes, all good.

 

[user123]

Aaaarrrgghhh!!!! My pc just died again, would you believe it!! Turned itself off this morning, I thought, oh no, not again, manage to restart it, and ten minutes later, dead, nothing, nada, nilch. :nonod: Hubby who's been posititvely saintly just called in my studio to say he's taking it back to the computer repair shop for me, just like that, nice, mega brownie points Really could do without the computer hassle right now though...