emachines t5026 IS IT FRIED?

[gladiolaaa]

Hi, I have an emachines T5026 and unfortunately it was on and running when there was an electrical outage in my home. When my sons (gotta love em) tried to reset my breaker (numerous times without any regard for my computer being on,) something happened and my computer will no longer turn on. When I push the start button on the front of the tower the light blinks and the power repeatedly surges. On off on off on off. She seems to want to start but can't get going. I am computer stupid and am hoping someone can tell me if she was fried or maybe the just a switch is out. HELP

[hot dog]

have you tried a different wall outlets in the house? perhaps one of your kids toggled the power settings from one of your walls when playing with the fuse box.....I don't know anything about residential wiring and fuse boxes, but I would try a different plug first


Was the computer plugged into a surge protector when the blackout occured?

[gladiolaaa]

Thanx for answering. I have tried other outlets and it was plugged into a surge protector. I can try again.

[hot dog]

What is the rating of the surge protector?  Is there a "UL" number on the bottom?  Or, what is the maximum Joules of power it can handle?

Was there a lighting storm at the time, or was it simply a blackout?

[gladiolaaa]

Sorry getting ahead of you. The ul #e187679  with 6g48 under that. It is a cyberpower 625avr and is supposed to be uninterruptible. The outage was caused by a short in my dryer.

[hot dog]

Are any other appliances in your house having problems or is it just the computer?

Try unplugging, one of the appliances in your house, that you know is working, and plugging the computer into that plug......If you don't have a multimeter to test the outlets you are working with, its probably best to just borrow an outlet from a known working appliance or other electrical device.

The next thing I would try after that, is to unplug the computer, open it up and remove the CMOS battery (shiny round thing that looks like a nickel) for a minute or two, reinstall it and try powering on your computer again...........

I'm out of Ideas now, anyone else?

[Karnac]

Swap in a known good power supply to eliminate that as a cause.

[hot dog]

Swap in a known good power supply to eliminate that as a cause.

I guess it wouldn't hurt to try....If he can find one or borrow one from a neighbor.

I wouldn't have thought a power supply would go bad coinciding with a blackout, but then I'm not experienced with these types of problems, either


edit: is there another desktop computer in the house, that you can borrow a power supply from, of the same or greater wattage?