Monster PowerCenter AV800 Question

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I currently have the Monster PowerCenter AV800 protecting my A/V equipment and it has been doing a good job so far, but something happened early am this morning.

The power company is working in our neighborhood on replacing powerlines and they have been digging and pulling cables almost all week at my neighbors across the street. During that time we have had occasional power blibs, but nothing serious.

This morning though (I was asleep, but this is according to my girlfriend) there was an other powerblib; though no one was actually outside working on anything. It was very short -- a couple of seconds perhaps -- but it triggered the Monster powerstrip.

The thing is that I am no longer able to get the powerstip to turn on. Normally, when you hit the on/off switch, it would "click" in one position or another, and you would feel a little bit of resistance while doing so. But now, the switch feels extremely loose and does not stay in an on position. I feel no clicks and no resistance at all -- whatsoever.

I have unplugged it, hit the reset button, but no joy.

Does anyone here have any ideas?

I only had about 10 minutes time this morning before having to go to work, so I did not unplug ALL devices from the switch. The test I used was plugging a lamb into the switch (no go) and then plugging the lamp in the wall socket.

According to one of my coworkers, I could have a short in one of my "devices" hooked up to the switch, which in turn prevents the whole strip from turning on. If that indeed the case, would that also exhibit that behavior with the on/off switch?

The components hooked up to the swith are all very recent. A Plasma 50" Panasonic, an Onkyo 805, a PS3, nintendo Wii, Comcast cable box and a 400-disc CD changer. I just can't believe any of these devices would have a "short-circuit".

The powerstrip in question is a relative cheap strip. (around 50 bucks).
http://www.monstercable.com/productdisplay.asp?pin=594