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
comp wont start after plugging into 230v plug
Mar 08, 2007
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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. :-)
What you have done here
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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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