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David Norman · 08-06-2006, 12:12 AM

I agree on the Geek Squad stuff and have already mentioned that as a possilbity.

The Power Supply was my first hope -- I know most PS have at least a basic surge protection already built and that's certainly a simple fix. I just have to convince her to get the computer back from BB for my to mess with. Her last computer was infested with viruses and spyware by everything she told me, but never could get it to test/repair. It was several years old anyway so a new computer certainly wasn't unreasonable.

Right now I'm at a loss on most details (chips, brand CPU, etc) other than the mechanism of damage. Sounds like modem/MB wouldn't be an unreasonable idea though the $$ for repair is certainly ridiculous at least on the parts side.

08-06-2006, 12:12 AM	#3 of 12
David Norman Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Local Time: 12:45 AM Local Date: 01-09-2009 Posts: 825	Re: Question about fried HP computer I agree on the Geek Squad stuff and have already mentioned that as a possilbity. The Power Supply was my first hope -- I know most PS have at least a basic surge protection already built and that's certainly a simple fix. I just have to convince her to get the computer back from BB for my to mess with. Her last computer was infested with viruses and spyware by everything she told me, but never could get it to test/repair. It was several years old anyway so a new computer certainly wasn't unreasonable. Right now I'm at a loss on most details (chips, brand CPU, etc) other than the mechanism of damage. Sounds like modem/MB wouldn't be an unreasonable idea though the $$ for repair is certainly ridiculous at least on the parts side.