What did I break and what do I need to replace on my computer?

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I just moved to Chile a few days ago from the States. I brought my desktop which is an HP Slimline. I bought a surge protector that American plugs can plug into. However, being an idiot, I did not flip the switch on the back that would change the voltage, so when I plugged in my computer, it shorted out the power for my floor. Once we hit the circuit breaker, all of the power came back on but I screwed up my computer.
Is my computer fixable? I was thinking that I just blew the power supply out and if that is the case, I can find a new one on ebay and fix it. Will a new power supply fix my computer? I was using a surge protector, so hopefully that saved my hard drive and everything else.
Please help, Thank you.

sami · Accepted Answer

yes, your PS is fried, change it and everything should be fine.
just remember where the wires go before removing them.

Snerler · Answer

You definitely killed the power supply. Its also very possible that the motherboard, and hard drives were also fried as these are also connected directly to the power supply. A new power supply is pretty inexpensive, but try to find and use a power supply from some other computer to see if the rest of the PC is still OK. Oh and if its a Dell, you might need a Dell PSU because those are sometimes proprietary.

amelia.camelia08 · Answer

Good luck.  I have a friend who had her hands full, put her computer down and proceeded to drive over it.  Feel better?

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