PC kills outlet not PSU after power surge

[nerm2k]

Hey, I have a weird problem. After a power surge my pc wont boot.....well thats not actually all that weird. What is weird is that if I plug it in to a different power outlet It will boot. Also if I plug something else into the old power outlet that thing will work. But the pc in question will never work in that outlet again. Anybody know why?

 

[DelJo63]

you got to be kidding :blackeye:

 

[nerm2k]

Nope, never kid online. Leads to a poor understanding of dark sarcasm, the emoticons never roll their eyes quite right. I am running out of outlets to plug into. Also would it help if i told you It will also kill the specific plug on the surge protector im using as well?

 

[mike1959]

Sounds to me like the mains plug on the PC lead has become faulty in some way.
Possible too, that a surge protector has gone 'short-circuit' or, in some way a broken or intermittent connection in the mains plug. Either way I would be replacing the mains plug and lead on the pc. Another possible is the mains outlet has become faulty/ intermittent. If using a 4/6/8 way gang, things can fall into the sockets and cause problems, especially if left on the floor all the time.

 

[DelJo63]

Nope, never kid online. Leads to a poor understanding of dark sarcasm, the emoticons never roll their eyes quite right. I am running out of outlets to plug into. Also would it help if i told you It will also kill the specific plug on the surge protector im using as well?

AHH !! That makes sense; the whole object of a surge protector is to be the sacrificial lamb in place of the more expensive device(s) attached. When 'necessary', a component in the surge protector is sacrifice (ie fails).

this is the logic for the comment re kidding;

• 
  a/c#1 -> computer == fails
  a/c#1 -> other device == ok
  a/c#2 -> computer == ok

those statements imply both the a/c outlet & the computer are just find -- ergo, your mystery.

Now add the fact
a/c#x ---> surge protector ---> computer == fail
and it should be clear that the surge protector has done it's job.

Issue for you: WHY did it fail?