oh cr@p =( please tell me it was just a fuse...

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m00sie

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Bought a comp from the states, voltage where i live is 220v....im a complete dumb@ss and didnt check the 110/220v switch, plugged in the comp and *crackle..fizz* i get a flash of green light and now the cpu wont turn on =( yup top marks for stupidity i know, my question is how do i fix it?

Any help will be greatly appreciated :)
 
m00sie said:
Bought a comp from the states, voltage where i live is 220v....im a complete dumb@ss and didnt check the 110/220v switch, plugged in the comp and *crackle..fizz* i get a flash of green light and now the cpu wont turn on =( yup top marks for stupidity i know, my question is how do i fix it?

Any help will be greatly appreciated :)
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Switch back to 110 V and see if it works. If it doesnt work then i dont know what is going on but it might just be your powersupply that died if it doesnt work.
 
sorry should probably clarify,the power supply switch was on 110V when i plugged it in and turned it on (and got the green flash of light). Wont work on either now.
 
m00sie said:
sorry should probably clarify,the power supply switch was on 110V when i plugged it in and turned it on (and got the green flash of light). Wont work on either now.
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Then you probably fried your powersupply and could have possibly damaged your motherboard to. Do you have another powersupply around that you can use to make sure its just the powersupply that has gone bad?
 
unfortunately in a house full of macs and laptops lol ill see if i can borrow a power supply from a friend and test that. Fingers crossed its just the power supply :s
 
m00sie said:
unfortunately in a house full of macs and laptops lol ill see if i can borrow a power supply from a friend and test that. Fingers crossed its just the power supply :s
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Ya hopefully it is just the powersupply those are usually cheap to replace.
 
Well atleast you didn't plug a 220v switch into a 110v, that would have been uglier :)

Anyways, take the psu out, stick one end of a paper clip or something in the green wired hole for the 24 pin motherboard connector, and the other end in any black one and see if the psu turns on. If not, then it's probably dead. Then you can start hoping it didn't take any other components with it :eek:
 
There are somtimes fuse's on the power supply, but I don't know for sure if all have them. Also, I don't know what causes them to blow. I'm suprised you blew something, though. Someone gave me a computer set to 240v and I powered it up without realizing it. Nothing happened(besides I beleive fan going) I realized the switch was wrong, flipped it, and it worked fine.

But yeah, it should just be the PSU. A new one should correct everything.
 
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