surge protection

Forum discussion tagged with surge protection.
  1. Eben D Bothma

    Question Ethernet surge protection

    hi, i don't know if this is the right place to ask but help is appreciated. I recently ran an ethernet cable outdoors about 65meters and now am concerned with the possibility of a power surge ruining my pc and Xbox if I connect directly to the Ethernet so I was looking at surge protectors for...
  2. T

    Question Ethernet surge protection?

    Don't really know where to put this but anyways as the title suggests, should I get surge protection for my ethernet? Forgot to unplug my router after a power outage, will this damage the router and my pc that is connected through ethernet?
  3. C

    [SOLVED] Question about situation with ungrounded outlets, gfci, Zero Surge protector, pc, and UPS

    Recently bought a house and later found out that most the outlets aside from a couple in the kitchen are ungrounded, and there's no non-bank-breaking way to get them grounded without haven't some professional asbestos removal done. Managed to find a surge protector that doesn't rely on ground...
  4. R

    [SOLVED] Surge Protection question regarding my PC

    So I recently built a PC back in February of 2021. It was more of an upgrade but it required me removing my old motherboard in place of a new one alone with new CPU, PSU, RAM, and Aftermarket CPU cooler. I live in an apartment complex in Stockholm and plug the PC directly into the wall. Recently...
  5. A

    [SOLVED] UPS / Power protection suggestions?

    Have a pretty high end rig, and am paranoid that it may burn out on me. Have had frequent power cuts when the load from appliances in my house has been too much for the circuit breaker, and thus the circuit would be broken and my PC would suddenly boot off. In addition, when I play R6, the PC...
  6. T

    [SOLVED] Is my psu broken?

    Hi, I recently upgraded my gpu to 1080ti and at first nothing was wrong. but today i tried booting a game tha uses alot of power and asus surge protection came immediately on after the first cut scene ends. It might still be a broken gpu but after reading alot of surge protection turning on when...
  7. D

    [SOLVED] Surge protector limiting power to gaming pc?

    We had a small power cut afew days back so i panicked and decided to buy this for my gaming PC. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00P2GW7MG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 This is probably a really stupid question but will this stop my PC from getting the "juice" it needs...
  8. S

    [SOLVED] PC Shutting down

    My PSU is rated at 850W Platinum(Corsair HX850I) and yet every time for about a week now when it is plugged into a surge protector under heavy load or sometimes even no load at all it turns off. When plugged directly into the outlet it has no issues. Build: EVGA 2080 TI Ryzen 7 2700x Corsair...
  9. ViTRuSs

    [SOLVED] UPS: Surge protection only outlets

    Hi there, I just bought a "https://www.tripplite.com/line-interactive-ups-system-desktop-750va-230v-automatic-voltage-regulation-schuko-outlets-usb-port~AVRX750UD/" mainly for surge protection only, that I'm gonna be using with my 800 watts gaming rig. My questions here are, does this line...
  10. Z

    Question [Power surge] Energy being stored in the PSU after shutdown?

    Ok so this is my first thread so sorry for any mistakes and for my bad grammar. So I have completed my first build. For PSU I chosen Corsair vs550 550w 80 plus bronze. Last night after playing some games and stuff I shut down my rig, turned off the PSU switch then turned off the ups and finally...
  11. D

    [SOLVED] PC won't start

    So first, please, do not give me that "it is psu". It is never PSU, I had this problem more than 5 times with 99% of people randomly saying that it is psu, or that even there is no enough energy (dude how s this even possible if it was working before) with te problem never being it. PC won't...
  12. T

    [SOLVED] is UPS really necessary ?

    In my area we don't have any power cut issues . It never happened in past 3 years. I know the main purpose of UPS is to provide battery backup for a small amount of time so that we can turn off our pc if main power fails.However my main purpose is to protect my pc from power surges.I want to...
  13. hyperjcm

    [SOLVED] Low Output Wattage on UPS. Will it hinder performance while plugged in?

    Im hoping to buy a ups for my gaming pc which according to some sites draw like 390W including the monitor. The UPS which i have in mind and also which is in my budget range has a max output wattage of 320W. purpose of the power supply is just for voltage sag regulation and surge protection. I...
  14. editor1

    Question Power Inverter without surge protection for a diy portable power station ?

    Hi I want to make a portable power station. Is ther a way I can disable the surge protection on the outlets of a power Inverter ? I want to use my UPS battery back up for my pc.
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    Vulcan on Doom

    Doom is now crashing at starting since I switched it on...all the drivers are up to date and steam and doom are running in admin. mode? What can I do to fix this problem?
  16. C

    i bought a 750 ti for my hp xw8400 and i get 6 red beeps and the pc wont turn on.

    i bought a GeForce gtx 750ti recently for my hp xw8400 it got here today and I put it in. the pc beeps 6 times with a red light once a second there is a 2 second pause then it beeps again please help.