> Start by checking the power supply fuse. And any other fuse elsewhere.
> You may get lucky; most likely not, but try the cheap stuff first. If
> the modem was plugged into the phone, you may get "lucky" that the phone
> was an expensive fuse for the modem. Try another power supply if
> replacing the fuse doesn't work. Go to a basic system: power supply,
> mobo, CPU, ram. Add the other stuff in the obvious order. Do the cheap
> fixes first.

<SNIP>

> > A good friend just called me this morning saying his computer (an
> > HP Pavilion Pentium III) won't start. There was a whopper of a
> > lightning storm last night. You've heard the story before, right?

<SNIP>

Even if the hardware is thoroughly toasted, the data may be salvaged from
the hard drive.  If there was no massive current/magnetic field through
the hard drive, the data should still be on the platters.  Odds are good
that even if the card on the hard drive is damaged, if you can replace it
(temporarily) with a similar card from an identical drive, you can retrieve
the data.

Boyd Ramsay

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