taylormsj

I thought it would be funny to mess around with my friends little brither. So i went into his room and flicked the switch on his power supply off (the computer wasnt running it was off)

I went round there today and asked me friend 'was it funny when his computer wouldnt turn on' and then he told me that the pc is broken

It wont turn on at all,

so can flicking the power switch on a power supply off, even when the PC is turned, off damage anything? Or could it just be a co incidence that one of his hardware broke that day at random.

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tdeath101

well it may be, but just to be sure, did you ask the friend to switch the switch back?

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cheburns

did he turn it back on?

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daisymtc

I always switch my mains off when my PC is not on. Should not be any problem....

meanman

are you shure they havent turned the joke around on you.

taylormsj

Lol meanman i thought that at first but i gave it a quick look over and it wasnt working, i didnt go into the machine tho as i was in a rush. Its ok though in a way cause he shoud be getting a new £2000 PC next week lucky bugger

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oscaryu1

Switch broke? Accidentally switched the 110V/220V switch?

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taylormsj

The 115/230 V switch is so hard and tricky to change i highly doubt i could of flicked it, i hope

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ThatGuy16

Eh, your probably broke teh switch

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lovely?

hmm did you check the surge protector? maybe it was tripped somewhere during the operation? otherwise, make sure you didnt jostle the computer, which can actually unplug components that may have rattled their plugs out a little, happened to me before

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