Thank you and I have spent the last 2 hours or so searching the site for a proper response but I couldn't find a situation similiar enough to mine. Maybe I wasn't using the correct keywords but here is my problem and thanks in advance for answers.
About 2 weeks ago my computer (on a surge protector) started acting really funny and ended up having a mother board issue. The computer is from 2001 so I figured that maybe it was just the computers time to go.
Roughly 3 days later my Nintendo Gamecube acts the same way as my computer acted. Basically one day it turns on and runs perfectly fine, the next day just the fan/light turns on however it seems like the motherboard is fried/has a problem.
Well I decide to get a used computer from goodwill. The computer is probablly from the year 1999 or so. It ran well for about 1 week. Then one night/morning it has exact same symptoms as other components. Also I cannot shut off the computer whatsoever. Not even holding in button/etc.
So I have been faced with a lot of dumbfounded people over the past couple days to say the least. A couple people suggested "noise" in the electricity. I have been researching this and cannot come up to a clear solution as to if this can effect my components even though they are on surge protectors/etc.
I have also been reading about how the "noise" is really just a bad ground issue. Before I got and get an electrician to come to my house I wanted to ask some advice (I couldn't get a hold of any today, being saturday and all
About 2 weeks ago my computer (on a surge protector) started acting really funny and ended up having a mother board issue. The computer is from 2001 so I figured that maybe it was just the computers time to go.
Roughly 3 days later my Nintendo Gamecube acts the same way as my computer acted. Basically one day it turns on and runs perfectly fine, the next day just the fan/light turns on however it seems like the motherboard is fried/has a problem.
Well I decide to get a used computer from goodwill. The computer is probablly from the year 1999 or so. It ran well for about 1 week. Then one night/morning it has exact same symptoms as other components. Also I cannot shut off the computer whatsoever. Not even holding in button/etc.
So I have been faced with a lot of dumbfounded people over the past couple days to say the least. A couple people suggested "noise" in the electricity. I have been researching this and cannot come up to a clear solution as to if this can effect my components even though they are on surge protectors/etc.
I have also been reading about how the "noise" is really just a bad ground issue. Before I got and get an electrician to come to my house I wanted to ask some advice (I couldn't get a hold of any today, being saturday and all