comp wont start after plugging into 230v plug

Mar 08, 2007 3 Replies

i forgot to switch to 230v when plugging in my american desktop in france, there was a pop, and now it wont start. did i completely break it or is there a circuit breaker or something i can fix



You need a new power supply and possibly everything else. :-( Hopefully the pop occurred as soon as you plugged it in and not when you pushed the button on the front of the pc. If so, you may have lucked out. Good luck to you. :-)

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The last half of this thread explains how to better do what you are trying on Usenet (if you can't be convinced to post to one newsgroup only):

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Agreed. And it gets worse and worse. They are indeed the center of their own universes.

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