Wehhhww HUGE computer/power scare

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Ryan

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Well i just got done posting in another thread and was gunna get back to doing some more concepts so i poped in a movie pressed play ...and than right when i hit the button to turn on the tv *pop* and than the tv doesnt turn on my cpu and speakers turn off.....i was just thinking ..shiiit......all these etems are hooked up to the same serj protecter , and the only things that went out were the things on the sp no the actule outlet..., the outlet it self worked...so after about a minute the tv pops on ...so i think wow ..that was a scare and unplug the tv from the serj protecter anf go to turn on the cpu....no power and a scratching electrical sounding noise i thought was comeing from the power supply...opening the case i find the sound was comeing from the pc speaker itself ....i found that odd..but i turned off all power and unplugged the cpu , than i unplugged the power suppl y....everything started up normally when i plugged it back in....so i dunno...that serj protecter sure as hell didnt do its job...and im definatly getting another one so i wont have my tv and cpu shareing one....and also , do u think my cpu is in any danger?...the power supply obviously had something wrong with it , unplaugging it fixed (or seemed to fix) what was wrong but is there anything i can do to know for sure , or is this a normal thing a power supply may do after a overload? well thanx :eek:
 

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hehe i've had lots of power supply problems lately. the light in my room is getting crazy, the switch makes noise and the light flickers :con:
and a few weeks ago a burning smell was coming out of my computer. i open it and found out that my DVD drive litteraly burnt :p
and a few days ago my computer just shut down and could'nt start again. i had to replace the PSU

i'm really expecting my whole computer to start burning any time now... i'm scared... :D
 
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You call that a power problem? Try working at my office having to deliver regular builds of the game we are working on to your publisher with 3 major power cuts (lasting entire days) in the last 3 weeks, all on the day before we have to deliver!