hardware question, power button not working on system.

[Gregory Nowak]

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No surge protector will handle a direct lightning hit to the AC
line. Also, those chips that monitor the power in the surge protector
go dead sometimes, and the protector just supplies the power without
monitoring it anymore, or it simply doesn't supply power at all. There
should be a light on the protector that indicates if the monitoring
chip is still doing its job or not, you want to have a sightling check
that for you from time to time.

As for the $100,000 coverage, I thought that only applied to some UPS
units, not to the surge protectors that you simply get with a bar of
outlets.

If it was a hit to the AC line, Alex is right here too, either
replacing the power supply, or the fuse in your old one, should bring
your machine back to life. If you're going to open your power supply
though, be careful, since there are capacitors in there, and you
could get a shock.

Greg


On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 02:58:03PM -0700, Gabriel Vega wrote:
> was this plugged in to a real power serge protector aor just a power  
> bar of outlets. there's a chance your machine is gone do to a serge.  
> I just lost a p3 866 due to this issue. I had it plugged in to power  
> bar, which I was asured that could handle serges by a store person  
> and now my p3 866 is a gon er.

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