Power Surge

BLOOD_THIRSTY · May 05, 2006, 09:47:05 PM

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.

Hippy · May 05, 2006, 10:32:14 PM

Quoteafter about 50 attempts it finally booted

Told me it was 100 attempts

Thankfuly I've never had to deal with a power surge. Are the cheaper protectors worth getting?

sulky_uk · May 05, 2006, 11:07:50 PM

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 Â£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:

Gorion · May 09, 2006, 06:06:43 PM

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///

Thulsa Doom · May 09, 2006, 08:45:23 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.

Blunt · May 09, 2006, 08:47:37 PM

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?

Hippy · May 09, 2006, 08:50:07 PM

A daisy chain of surge protectors...Imagine the possibilities

Gorion · May 16, 2006, 06:03:46 PM

simple, unplug your pc and your inet connection

with nothing connected to your pc theres no way the surge can flow into your pc..