Power Surge

guys...a month ago there was a huge power surge and smoke came out of my sony bravia lcd...i turned it on after a while and it worked fine....i was surprised as to how it could work..i asked a support guy n he told something about some power surge liquid inside it and blah blah..i honestly didnt...

Hello, I have a laptop in which the motherboard has apparently been damaged from a power surge. There are clear burn marks on the board and the ribbon cable from the power button is also burned. My question is, shouldn't the power surge have damaged the ac adapter, before reaching the...

Hello, my cyrus amp is glowing yellow on the led that should glw red at the stanby led and won't power up. Had a recent power surge even though I have a surge protection extension gang. Any ideas or suggestions most welcome.

Hey, guys. I've got a bit of a problem. I am, by trade, a computer repairman and IT Pro. Somehow this got me signed up to take a look at a stereo system that encountered a rather unfortunate lightning strike a few years back. A computer that suffered the same strike was easily repaired and...

Hello, A message appeared on my thinkpad saying that I had a power surser on USB. I turned the computer of but now cannot power it up. Do you think I have lost everything on my laptop or can I rescue my files? Thanks HT

Hello, My wife and I just bought a new LCD tv and we lost power to it from a power surge....What do we need to prevent this from happening in the future?

I installed a Denon surround sound receiver with Boston speakers and subwoofer the other day. The receiver and subwoofer are connected to a power surge strip into a typical electrical outlet in my wall. I shut off the power surge strip last night. When I turned on the power surge strip this...

Hi guys, very quick question, my 5.1 system suffered a blow out yesterday due to a power surge then cut in my area, basically my old Phillips 5.1 Surround sound system is now defunct. So im looking for a recommendation Speakers isnt something i keep up-to-date with and i would like to know what...

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?) Has anyone had any experience with a laptop that has been hit with a power surge, I have compaq 800 notebook,(20gig.. 256meg ram) yesterday there was massive lightening and thunder in our area. A something or rather hit a pole(telephone wires...

Archived from groups: alt.tv.tech.hdtv (More info?) I have a 4 1/2 year-old Mitsubishi VS-50805 which has been great. Due to all of the small children at my house it runs all day, every day and it has never had a problem. Last night we had a storm and the power blinked on and off a couple of...