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Plonking · 08-06-2004, 11:22

Hey all,

Last night I was on one of my other PC's and my g/f was on hers. We were just loading a game of half-life, and suddenly the lights went off for a second, and so did the PC's. Now, my PC (which is a newish 2.4 GHz beast) was reset by this.

My g/f's PC, on the other hand, just turned off. And would not turn on again! However, this morning, it is working!

We have surge protectors for all the plugs in here, and the power outages continued throughout the night - just for a second or so, about once an hour . Apparently there was a far-off thunderstorm last night, so I expect that was the source of the problem!

Anyway, the point of this post is to check : is it safe to use the Pc's as normal? Is there anything I can do to make sure they are OK? Normally I'm very cautious when thunderstorms are around, but last night it was miles away so I had no idea it was happening!

Thanks!

Plonking

08-06-2004, 11:22	#1
Plonking Inactive Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bournemouth Age: 43 Services: BT Somethingorother Posts: 470	Power Spikes: Am I safe now? Hey all, Last night I was on one of my other PC's and my g/f was on hers. We were just loading a game of half-life, and suddenly the lights went off for a second, and so did the PC's. Now, my PC (which is a newish 2.4 GHz beast) was reset by this. My g/f's PC, on the other hand, just turned off. And would not turn on again! However, this morning, it is working! We have surge protectors for all the plugs in here, and the power outages continued throughout the night - just for a second or so, about once an hour . Apparently there was a far-off thunderstorm last night, so I expect that was the source of the problem! Anyway, the point of this post is to check : is it safe to use the Pc's as normal? Is there anything I can do to make sure they are OK? Normally I'm very cautious when thunderstorms are around, but last night it was miles away so I had no idea it was happening! Thanks! Plonking