🚀 go-pugleaf

From the 'I said it couldn't happen to me' dept:

Turned on my 1040 this morning, the power light went on, the disk select
light went on, the disk made one light 'putt' sound.

No seeks, no screen, no nothing.  I think my warranty *just* expired.
I have no idea where to start trouble-shiooting, and besides, although I
can use a multimeter, I've never laid hands on a logic probe.

So this is a last resort before I phone the dealer and way (?) months and
pay (?) dollars to have them fix it.   Does anyone have a quick suggestion
or 2?  I'm not ENTIRELY all thumbs with a soldering iron, but that's about
it.  Please reply direct, as I'd hate to clutter up the net (unless it's
something you think one and all should know.

I should also mention that we've been experiencing some VERY nasty weather
here, (thunderstorms) BUT:
- I haven't had it powered on during a storm,
- I've had the modem turned off (I read something in earlier postings),
- Everything connected to my computer is plugged into a 'power bar', and I use
  the switch on that to power everything up and down at once, except the CPU,
  which I switch  on later/off 1st.

Given the above, what is the likelihood something nasty fried a chip?  I expect
that was it *sigh*... Some spike came in over the phone line, right!?  In the
future, should I even go as far as to remove the RS232 cable from the modem or
the ST while the system is not in use?   Or wire up some switch, maybe even
solenoid driven, to bypass the modem when I power off the ST.  Why doesn't the
modem or the ST come with such a switch?  I wonder which of the phone lines the
ugly critter used to carawl into my system?  Ring, ground, or ?
 /PJ