[PLUG] lightning strike - dead computer

["Eric at Lucii.org" <eric@lucii.org>]

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My mom and my sister live just outside Albuquerque New Mexico and Friday they
had a lighting strike.  It was close enough to take out their cable router, USB
Hub (probably), the Vonage box, and my sister's computer.

The computer won't start - no lights at all on the tower and no response to the
power-on switch.

Should I try to talk her through replacing the power supply or is there enough
probability of a toasted motherboard to just recommend that she go to <local
computer store> and replace the entire thing?

I know, too little info.  Agreed.  Not much I can do when I'm dealing with two
nurses and zero geeks on the other end of the phone.

Eric
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#  Eric Lucas
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