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jalter@phila.k12.pa.us
"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> <snip.
>>
>> Have I completely killed this computer, did I kill the motherboard
>> because I pulled the IDE cable out with the system on, or is the power
>> supply broken? Is there anything that I can do to salvage any of it if
>> I have blown the motherboard? It has dual processors and a lot of ram
>> and I don't want to just throw it away. I am really annoyed with myself
>> because it was a decent computer that I was going to use for learning!
>>
>
>
> Then the computer sure did the job...
> you have learned a lot already!
>
>

You've conjectured a lot, which may be in part or fully accurate.
Start by substituting a different power supply.

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Jan Alter
bearpuf@verizon.net