power went out and now I can not get past post image.

[Oneslowz28]

The power went off for about 30 seconds 10 min ago and now I can not get my main pc to go past the post image. whats wrong? whats fried? I tried removing the vid card and trying the onboard vid, tried the ram 1 at a time in different slots and all I still get is the post image and thats it. I can not get into the bios or nothing.

[nevermind1534]

remove the battery yet?

[Oneslowz28]

no

[nevermind1534]

That might get you somewhere. If that doesn't work, something might be fried.

[Oneslowz28]

just pulled it and left it out for 45 seconds
still nothing

[Oneslowz28]

if the cpu was fried would it do anything?

[nevermind1534]

if the cpu was fried would it do anything?

Most likely, not. You probably wouldn't be seeing anything if that was the case.

[Oneslowz28]

so should I assume its the mobo thats fried? I dont have another am2 rig to test the cpu in

[Oneslowz28]

ok weird ... I left it on and it finally booted. It took like 15 min

[Oneslowz28]

Turned it back of and its again stuck on the post image

[Oneslowz28]

Ok I figured it out.

The printer is fried. I unplugged the usb cable that was going to my printer and it booted perfectly. Turned it off and back on and it posted fine.

[billygoat333]

ahh... I have had problems with usb jump drives and the post screen freezing. stupid usb devices. never had a printer go bad from a power surge/outtage though... :S sorry man.

[Oneslowz28]

Well the printer seems to be fine now. I dont know what happened. All I know was the printer was causing it not to post

[Luke122]

If you printer has a card reader in it, check your bios to see if booting from external/usb devices is enabled. It might be polling the devices looking for bootable devices.

[Oneslowz28]

That could be it it has 3 card slots on the front

[Eclecticos]

I usually try everything out in a new outlet if the power goes out.
Most of the time that fixes the problem and everything turns back on as regular.

Every now and again we have a freakish thunderstorm, and the surge protectors have to be replaced. I usually just unplug everything and read a book or magazine when it gets bad. Really afraid of lightning myself. There was a time it struck a building nearby and caught a palm tree on fire, anyway it layed me out on the ground from about 50- 75 feet away. Another time it struck a transformer in front of my car and blinded me temporarily with bright purple flashes of light, and yet another time it shocked my uncle through the keyboard when a lightning bolt struck a tree out front. Not to mention the scars it has left in the trees around here. It blows the crap out of the bark and scatters it about.

I have also had problems with USB Devices causing the computer not to boot.
It was a Digital camera one time, and a MP3 player the other time.