Help after power cut

thecremeegg · 9 Oct 2012 at 23:11

Right well I have the pc in my sig and just had 2 short power cuts. The pc now won't start, hangs at the mb splash screen for a minute or two then says it can't detect any drives. Attempting to enter bios just crashes it.
If I leave it alone long enough it gets to the windows screen saying I need to repair.
I have reset bios, unplugged all hdds bar the windows drive and still the same.
Is the motherboard dead?

Chris-.- · 9 Oct 2012 at 23:19

The computer had 2 short power cuts, or your whole house had 2 short power cuts?

thecremeegg · 9 Oct 2012 at 23:21

Whole house

Chris-.- · 9 Oct 2012 at 23:24

Do you have old parts you can test each component with one by one? That would be the best way since, something has fried assuming you've not had a surge protector (more then likely, it's your motherboard).

Try putting in one of your spare HDD's and put the windows disc in with it also, see if it boots that?

thecremeegg · 9 Oct 2012 at 23:51

Right well took gfx card out, same problem. Got fed up and left it. Came back 20 Mins later and it's fine... Weird!

Chris-.- · 10 Oct 2012 at 00:04

Get a surge protector.

Bacon? · 10 Oct 2012 at 08:49

Chris-.- said:
Get a surge protector.

That PSU should have anti surge devices on it :/

therealpieman · 10 Oct 2012 at 10:08

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may help if you get frequent power cuts, hopefully will give enough time for the computer to shut down gracefully

j.col · 10 Oct 2012 at 10:14

thecremeegg said:
Right well took gfx card out, same problem. Got fed up and left it. Came back 20 Mins later and it's fine... Weird!

my aunt has had this a few times, she is on an electric meter, and now and again it cuts out, then the pc wont start at all.
i had a look at it and could find nothing wrong with the pc, then left if for an hour and it started :confused:

so now when it happens, she just leaves it for a couple of hours and it always restarts,
i have told her this is unhealthy for the pc, but she is old and forgets to top up the meter :rolleyes:

BuToNz · 10 Oct 2012 at 10:46

j.col said:
my aunt has had this a few times, she is on an electric meter, and now and again it cuts out, then the pc wont start at all.
i had a look at it and could find nothing wrong with the pc, then left if for an hour and it started
so now when it happens, she just leaves it for a couple of hours and it always restarts,
i have told her this is unhealthy for the pc, but she is old and forgets to top up the meter

My grandmother-in-law has this obsession with turning things off by the plug for fear of them bursting into flames. 2x PC re-builds and 2x routers later she still turns everything off by the plug. They'll listen to the news and believe everything at face value but you tell them how electricity works - your wrong they know better.

westom · 11 Oct 2012 at 20:04

thecremeegg said:
Right well took gfx card out, same problem.

Computers contain numerous protection features. One, inside a power controller, will lockout power. Reset that lockout protection by disconnecting its power cord for maybe as long as five seconds.