Had a nasty surge

[Maverick123w]

Woke up this morning and the alarm clock was flashing so I figured we had lost power. When I tried to power my system on this morning the machine wouldn't post but threw out a beep code. Code means hardware component failure.

I tried the ram removing video card etc. etc. but nothing is working. I imagine the board or chip is gone.

Anyone know if renter's insurance would cover something like this? I believe I have $10,000 in coverage but I'm not sure if they would cover a surge or not.

Just wondering if any1 else has tried to submit a claim. Thanks, Will

[bob saget]

wow what a pain in the ass. hopefully you get it sorted out.

[bob saget]

i am guessing you had a surge protector? I am interested if the company that made it would cover anything....

[Maverick123w]

i am guessing you had a surge protector? I am interested if the company that made it would cover anything....

Yeah it was on a surge protector. I doubt they would cover it but who knows.

[betterdan]

My insurance through Nationwide paid for the computer when we had a power outage and it ruined the power supply. It was caused by the tree falling outside and hitting the power lines. It's worth a shot to call them and find out. You will of course have to pay any deductible.

[Maverick123w]

Called the insurance company. My deductible is $250. I'm going to try a new power supply first and see if that fixes the problem (this thermaltake is no-where as good as I thought it would be) and if it happens to be more than that I'll just submit a claim and build a whole new system.

I got the system to post without my video card in the machine but it was still acting all kinds of crazy. Installed my video card in a friend's machine and it booted up just fine and ran kombuster for an hour with no issues, so I think my power supply is the culprit here. I wanted to replace it with a unit that had better line noise to begin with so now is a better time than ever.

I was originally going to go with a Corsair non-modular unit as money is a little tight, but I think I'm going to go with the XFX 850Watt black edition psu. The color scheme has always made me overlook it but I read some reviews on johnny guru and hardware secrets and holy crap it's amazing.

My supplier at work has it for $115 and at that price is an unbeatable deal.

Besides the color scheme (which is so ugly) anyone have any personal experiences with this unit that would give me a reason not to buy it?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207001&Tpk=xfx%20850

[Maverick123w]

Power supply came in today. This thing is HEAVY. I'm going to stay late in the shop and install it in my machine. Hopefully I'm back up and running tonight.

[Yaboze]

I hope that does the trick.

I have all of my systems on APC UPS's.

[Maverick123w]

I hope that does the trick.

I have all of my systems on APC UPS's.

I need to do the same thing but I've been incredibly lazy about doing it. Think I may just do it now :D

[Maverick123w]

New supply works :D Machine booted right up!

[Muppet]

Good to hear. The PSU is the most important part of any PC IMO.