We brought our desktop computer with us with the understanding that if we switched it to 230V, it should run fine. Well, the first thing that happened was that my DH didn't know about the switch and plugged it in. There was a loud pop and needless to say, the computer was dead.
We took it in and had the power supply replaced. They tested it and it worked fine. When we tried it at home (making sure the switch was set to 230V this time), the light came on, it sounded like it was powering up, and then it went dead. We tried again and the light flickered on for a brief moment and then went out. Anyone have any suggestions? Is our computer just not going to work over here? Do we need to get a transformer?