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Static discharge to on buton

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lightning - Nov 10, 2009 at 04:48 PM
xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - Nov 10, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Hello,
I have an HP 6000 (dv?) laptop that I slew by walking across a carpet and touching the on key thereby releasing a huge static charge into the computer...

Is there an easily fixable protective circuit that might save my motherboard or is it likely dead? (the computer does not respond at al lto any input of any kind, it is juts 'dead')

And - is it relatively easy to recover th edata from the hard drive if teh computer can not be saved?
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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,825
Nov 10, 2009 at 11:58 PM
You can purchase a external USB drive adapter box - remove the drive - plug it into the new box - plug the USB cable into another computer and you should be able to access the data.

You will need to know if the drive is an IDE or SATA type so you can get the right adapter.

Just don't zap the drive the same way you did the laptop.

Good Luck
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