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So my PC is dead
Evo:
--- Quote from: mk162 on March 01, 2012, 09:57:01 PM ---do you keep your computers on a UPS, you should. Hard drives are very prone to damage to electrical surges. A good UPS will clear that up.
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A UPS is great if you are working on a file and want to save your work before the computer shuts off, but they are not essential for surge protection. (although most UPS's are good for that too)
UPS's can get expensive, the cheap ones are finicky and the batteries in them have a relatively short lifespan.
Just buy a good power strip that has built in surge protection, Costco usually has them for about $20-$30 or so. Look for the one with the highest joule rating you can find without spending a ton of cash.
The one under my desk is the crazy multi-media kind, it was widened spots for wall wart transformers and you can run TV cables through it to protect a TV from spikes as well.
jsheridan:
+1000 on stay away from best buy. It's all a gimmick to get you to buy a new computer, nothing ever gets fixed.
Fluid:
Major Bummer. If you need help with anything other than IT give me a shout Dan.
If you can get into the system, try removing Illy. Might be the problem :P JK but in all seriousness, if you need any help Dan, let me know.
Chadwick:
I would guess power supply as well.
Of course, that's me sitting here not able to look at the machine.
Fixed one computer where the power supply had died ( a cheap pos ).
Unfortunately, when it died it took out the motherboard as well.
Salvaged cpu, ram, etc, and just switched the board out.
Pull the power supply out ( if you feel up to it ) and get it tested first.
Make sure to discharge yourself of static before you go poking around inside.
mk162:
A good UPS will last years, I have had much better luck with those than a regular surge protector or suppressor. In the 8 years I have been running a UPS, I have not had 1 hard drive fail. Before that about 1 a year would go down.
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