Thanks Brian. What you suggested worked. After waiting for several minutes, it did start fine. Whew.
Brian wrote: > Sounds like your adapter is wired wrong. Hopfully you can hit the > company up for any repairs to your computer that might be necessary. > > That being said, Many computer power supplies have an internal breaker > of sorts that you might have just tripped. You just need to have the > power supply bleed off ALL the power inside of it. Just unplug the > power cord for 10 minutes or so and see if that will allow the computer > to come back on. Don't try to skimp on the time, it can take a long > time to bleed off everything and it won't work unless it has. > > Hopefully that is all that has happened and it didn't just fry your > motherboard. > > Brian Cluff > > On 08/07/2012 01:59 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: >> >> How could plugging in a printer via a usb port crash my computer? >> >> I just got a usb to rs232 connector cable and when I plugged it >> in to my computer, the computer instantly quit. So I unplugged >> the usb cable immediately, but now I cannot power on the computer. >> >> What in the world could have caused such a drastic failure? >> >> And what can I try to resurrect the computer? >> >> Or, to whom would you recommend I take the computer for repair? --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
