A lightning strike can cause terrible damage to electrical devices. The damage doesn't have to be smoking components either; a lightning strike can fry hardware without any visible signs of failure.

Major computer problem, won't start up. I'm running Windows XP Professional.<BR><BR>My computer gives me the following message when I try to boot up, this is after it goes through the systemcheck, etc ...

If your computer won’t start you might be pulling out your hair at the prospect of losing all your precious data. But all isn’t necessarily lost. If the drive is corrupted or dead, you are in a pickle ...

My computer won't start. I just recently upgraded my video card from a Geforce 9500 to a GTX 260. It worked fine under my corsair 400w PSU, until just now. I updated windows 7 and restarted my ...