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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DigitalSword" data-source="post: 131244" data-attributes="member: 7892">...ok, i very much doubt that it is fried, here why, power Surges are what usually kill Electronic equipment, a power surge it just a spike in voltage that whatever it passes thru cant really take(your router for instance), no this would all make sense in a storm, lightining hitting yoru hosur or somehting like that, because the surge is massive, HOWEVER, when your mom did turn the power off, yes thereis a MINY surge spike but i dont see how it could have fried it, something to check, and this is very easy to do, crack that fukr open and check its fuse, it will be very near to the dc adapter plug, if its fillament is cracked then it was a wurge, if its still there, soemthign else is going on, does it even power on, check that reset button, there are even fuses inside your power adapters but you dont want to go there (trust me), try a diff adapter plug if you have one around make sure its the same voltage, th toher thing could be is that many routers are fragile int hat if they just drop connections without being turned off first(like when your mom turned off the pc without the router off first) they sometimes scramble.  Thisis hwy it says pretty clearly in my routers manual, ALWAYS TURN OFFF ROUTER FIRST! Not ridiculing, just givivng advice....let us know how it goes...digi</blockquote>