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have you tried complaining to your electicity supplier? I think in cases like this they (or maybe wpd) repair/replace damaged kit. On Nov 16, 2007 9:23 PM, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi folks, > > This is a long shot but I thought I'd ask... > > Last night we had a bit of a power cut in my local area. Not sure why > but it only affected about 5 houses in the street. Anyway, whilst I was > enjoying reading the latest Linux Format by candle light the power > flickered on a couple of times, it was a bit like if a light switch was > switched on really quickly, and it made the lights go very bright. > > After the power was restored I checked my PC (which was set in the BIOS > to turn itself on after a power failure). It turns out my PC won't > start up. > > Now the problem is, my PC has an old Athlon 64 3000+ with Socket 754 > motherboard installed. I haven't got another board or chip which is > compatible (nearest thing I have is an Athlon XP or Celeron 2.4). I was > wondering if anyone (ideally near the Torbay or Exeter areas) possibly > has a spare board or CPU that they would be interested in selling cheap, > or if they have a spare board or CPU that they could test my CPU and > motherboard with? (I'm happy to travel :-). I'd be really grateful if > someone could possibly help. > > Ta, > > Rob > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html