Had a power surge last night and my pc wouldnt boot up today, after about 50 attempts it finally booted, i couldnt even enter bios, even the keyboard didnt work. Totally locked out on boot up :( , even the router had to be reset, Anyway pc is working for now, i havent tried to reboot since, fingers Crossed.
Going to get one of those power surge protectors 2moz, so isnt worth the risk again.
Quoteafter about 50 attempts it finally booted
Told me it was 100 attempts :P
Thankfuly I've never had to deal with a power surge. Are the cheaper protectors worth getting?
didnt have any anti surge equipment untill a couple of years ago when a lightning storm took out my router and modem, luckily my pc was unplugged.
now i use anti surge on everything expensive, hifi,tv dvd players and 2 desktops and a lappy
if you get a decent make they include equipment insurance incase the surge protection fails and you get fried.
ive got a belkin one, not bad with £10k insurance.
on a funny note while i was hoking under the desk to see what make it was i accidently unpluuged the pc and had to type this again...duh :blink:
i unplug my pc everyday... just for the heck of it... ime more worried about the gov ppl fiddling around the cables than a surge :/
last year they changed a house to 3phase and wired it wrongly.. it went kaboom///
Someone told me that if there's a big surge, then no surge protector is gonna save ya.
I don't know either way though, but I may invest in one.
QuoteOriginally posted by Thulsa Doom@May 9 2006, 08:45 PM
Someone told me that if there's a big surge, then no surge protector is gonna save ya.
I don't know either way though, but I may invest in one.
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would it help to plug a surge protector into another surge protector?
A daisy chain of surge protectors...Imagine the possibilities
simple, unplug your pc and your inet connection :P
with nothing connected to your pc theres no way the surge can flow into your pc..