Not back yet, anyone know anything about computers?

[nissanrcer240]

a couple weeks ago my house got hit by lightning , just as i realized my computer was still on and was shutting it down, and it sparked and popped and the electricity went out....later that night, after the storm was over , i went to get back on the computer and the internet wasnt working, it kept saying 'page cannot be displayed' every link i tried(i have adelphia cable internet btw). so we called them(adelphia) and i messed with the computer while on the phone with them, going through all theyre procedures and what not, eventualy they figured out that i needed the ethernet cd to reinstall the ethernet card.

so we went to the adelphia place and got one, got home tried to put it in and when i put the cd in the cd rom and closed it, it didnt do anything?? so i put in another disc in the cd rom, a game disc, and it still didnt do anything, also the green light wasnt coming on the cd rom but it opened and closed fine? so im guessing i need a new cd rom and all will be good, im hoping so anyways... i dont know exactly what all could go wrong from the electricity hitting it?

my sr20 came in btw, sitting on my porch right now:) , i have some questions about that too as far as what all i was susposed to get with the engine package....as soon as i get some pics that is, im on a friends comp right now so ill try to get back on tomorw with pics and look at the replies

[[Zero-S]]

A)your CDRom is blown or B)Your power supply is blown (I won't even go into the issues you could have with your motherboard...). I wish I could go check it out for myself...but I live kinda far away bro. I would say just take it to a local computer shop and have them look at it for you.

[nissanrcer240]

yeah i guess im goin to end up takin it to a comp shop, so i could get on here everyday like before , haha....what you doin with your car now? you decided anything yet, take the pics of those mirrors you put on?

[CYBEREAGLE19]

ur network card it fried, network equipment lik NIC's will kill themself in ordcer 2 protect ur computer, buyt sum charg acan still get past, I would also say ur cd drive is toast if ya have a good one toss it in if works then all is good, post back I know a great deal about comps

[pstickne]

I doubt the network card fried. The cable "MODEM" would get shot first as it is directly on the line. Also, if it was the NIC being fried [99.9999% of the time--who knows, there _could_ be an exception] you'd see an error in your Device Manager.

As for the powersupply, the CD-ROM drive clearly gets power and the computer boots [almost] fine, so I doubt that (although it could be--however strange--just one of the feeds to the CD...). The question is, is it (the CD-ROM) detected by the BIOS upon boot? If not, look no further and suspect the drive and/or the IDE controller.

If you're running Windows 98 (maybe even Me--not sure), sometimes, in weird cases, the CD driver just decides to stop working... very puzzling.

CD-ROM drives on the other hand... I wouldn't be surprised if that was dead "just because". Most I've used last for about 6 months of good useage (and alot of moving ;-) before they [silently] die with no [good] reason...

Of course, it could be something completely different :-)You should get a good surge protector setup (one that supports power/cable/phone/etc) and, if you live in a [lightning] storm-frequented area a UPS would be another good piece of equipment.

Summary: take it to a shop. Refuse to pay (make sure you have your computer fist <grin>) if they can't tell you exactly what the problem is.>> Not much makes me more mad than people charging money for _NOT_ finding the problem. <<

[CYBEREAGLE19]

ah the cable modem dont always stop it my router got fried and my cabal modem

[[Zero-S]]

yes exactly. And cable shouldn't surge like that considering the lines are underground. Otherwise don't you think the UPS would have a plug for the cable line? Again I think it was another classic case of a power surge that w/no surge protector to stop it.

And nissanrcer umm...ha I'll let you know how the mirror install goes when I finally get them in my car. For some reason I've just been too damn lazy to put them in;).

[pstickne]

Cyber, sorry :-(