- Jun 30, 2015
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Greetings, thank you for taking the time to read my post.
A thunderstorm occurred and after a flash and the lights flickering my computer made a loud pop noise one time and then shut off. It sounded like a blown capacitor. My computer would not turn back on. I tried unplugged it, flipping the switch, tried holding the power button for 1 min, then plugged it all back in and nothing. tried other plugs on the surge protector, still nothing.
Eventually after fiddling with the plugs I got the lights and fans to come on but no POST... also the monitor said no signal. So I tried another out lit with a different surge protector. AH HA, it posted, booted and looked good, but had to go to work. My wife picked me up two new surge protectors and I plugged everything in and thought I was good to go...BUT no... I have no internet.
Looking at the back of the computer the port's ACT LED is lit up orange even with the computer off, also I don't see network adapters at all in the device manager.
I tested two Ethernet cables, and tested them successfully on my wife's laptop. On the Desktop, the port has the orange ACT LED light, and nothing else. When plugged into the laptop the port from the gateway (which was blank for the desktop) lights up and flickers showing data is being transmitted.
The port is integrated into the motherboard. An Asus P6T SE mother board, I am running windows 7.
I assume it's dead and I need to buy a PCI NIC card?
However... are their other suggestions? Does this mean my motherboard is gonna die, following suit? I could not find a blown capacitor, nor did I smell burning when it shut off during the storm. It was plugged in through a surge protector. So far the only issue is the RJ-45 port. Is the light staying lit gonna cause more issues? could this issue be isolated or lead to more problems down the road?
Thank you for your time,
Blaze
A thunderstorm occurred and after a flash and the lights flickering my computer made a loud pop noise one time and then shut off. It sounded like a blown capacitor. My computer would not turn back on. I tried unplugged it, flipping the switch, tried holding the power button for 1 min, then plugged it all back in and nothing. tried other plugs on the surge protector, still nothing.
Eventually after fiddling with the plugs I got the lights and fans to come on but no POST... also the monitor said no signal. So I tried another out lit with a different surge protector. AH HA, it posted, booted and looked good, but had to go to work. My wife picked me up two new surge protectors and I plugged everything in and thought I was good to go...BUT no... I have no internet.
Looking at the back of the computer the port's ACT LED is lit up orange even with the computer off, also I don't see network adapters at all in the device manager.
I tested two Ethernet cables, and tested them successfully on my wife's laptop. On the Desktop, the port has the orange ACT LED light, and nothing else. When plugged into the laptop the port from the gateway (which was blank for the desktop) lights up and flickers showing data is being transmitted.
The port is integrated into the motherboard. An Asus P6T SE mother board, I am running windows 7.
I assume it's dead and I need to buy a PCI NIC card?
However... are their other suggestions? Does this mean my motherboard is gonna die, following suit? I could not find a blown capacitor, nor did I smell burning when it shut off during the storm. It was plugged in through a surge protector. So far the only issue is the RJ-45 port. Is the light staying lit gonna cause more issues? could this issue be isolated or lead to more problems down the road?
Thank you for your time,
Blaze
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