Surge Protector

My PC (with an RTX 3080 OC card) and four other cords drawing power to different things are plugged into a decent sized surge protector. The cord from the surge protector was plugged into an outlet on the opposite side of my room and when I tried to make sure it was plugged in all the way...

Hi all not sure if this is the right place to ask but recently my surge protector stopped working due to the power going out multiple times earlier in the morning essentially taking out my surge protector, but thankfully all devices are working properly. Currently a UPS is slightly out of budget...

My biggest concern is having to spend more money to buy a gpu,CPU, motherboard etc due to power outage. . Surges comes after power outage so will that at least protect my hardware? From what I know power outage may cause corrupted files, which I can fix by factory reset right?But it's the...

I am connecting the GPU to the monitor through a 20ft DP cable. It can display 4K 144Hz 10bit correctly, but the screen goes black for a second and then back on intermittently. After a few days' observations, I figured out it happens when there is a change in power, e.g. when the heater is...

All of a sudden (pc prob 5-6 years old give it take) during a game (elder scrolls online) after about 5-10 minutes my pc restarts itself and gives me the message “Power supply surges detected during the previous power on. Asus anti surge was triggered to protect system from unstable…”(can’t...

Hello all, Are there currently any smoke detectors/fire alarms that you can plug directly into a normal power strip 3-prong slot on the market today to buy(As opposed to the traditional smoke detectors that you have to hardwire into the ceiling)? Links Please.

Hello all, I recently bought a new EVGA 1600Watts T2 Titanium Power Supply: https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=220-T2-1600-X1 I am currently using this premium CyperPower surge protector to power all my PC parts: https://www.cyberpowersystems.com/product/surge/premium/ht1206uc2/...

Hello, I spilled some water on my floor and most of it got in my carpet and floor, and some of it touched my electrical cord/extension cord that connects to my surge protector. It was only a little bit of water, but a little bit of water got on a electrical cord but I think I cleaned it up...

I feel kinda stupid for not actually researching this further before jumping on a purchase. I recently had a power outage that lasted no more than two literal seconds. My computer came out fine but my old junky server didn't. It was a PSU failure. Luckily, I had a spare. It was that night I...

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...

Hi there, I'm building a new PC but at the moment there's not earthing at my place and won't be possible for few days. So I'm finding to have any alternatives for earthing. Will a surge protector help me protect my PC for temporary basis? Like this: https://www.belkin.com/in/p/P-F9E400-1.5M/...

Ever since I built my computer about 1.5 years ago, I noticed that whenever I plugged in my power supply cord into the power supply, or even moved it a bit, I noticed some sort of crackling sound (I have no idea if this is a normal thing), but for a long time now (maybe about a year), sometimes...

Hello! So I recently got a new desk, and I was wondering how to move it over to the new desk. I know what to plug in, however, do I just unplug the computer from the outlet, or should I do something else? I have a surge protector and it has a button on it it that turns it off, so should I turn...

Hi, It's just been 1 month since I bought my pc. It was for budget gaming and was running really good, but from the past week I'm seeing my pc keeps on restarting whenever I try to play pc games. If it's an AAA title straight after loading and if it's an Esports title then 5-8 minutes of...

Hi all, I'm looking for some advice and help regarding Uninterruptible Power Supplies. Firstly, should I be leaving my UPS powered on 24/7 even if the connected devices are off; not just plugged into the mains but actually on and ready to go? I've been reading that they're designed to be on...

I have an APC UPS that uses an Ethernet jack on it to go to a USB on a computer to run its software. I've lost the cable. Will any Ethernet to USB cable/adapter work, or are these specific to APC?

I have a 1060 6GB and an Asrock b360m pro 4 motherboard. i was just wondering if it made any difference i put my graphics card in the second slot which is where i have it right now. when i was installing it in the first one i believe that a small part on the motherboard is blocking the graphics...

Hello, I'm getting BSOD IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, when I'm using Ableton. I thought this was maybe a hardware issue as I started getting BSOD from time to time since I installed an SSD and a hard drive caddy for a HDD that goes instead of the cd player. I'm on a dell latitude E6410 with windows...

I have a core i5 7400 and I am planning to upgrade. I have a budget of £450 and I have no preference of either amd or intel i am getting a new motherboard anyway.

I'm planning to upgrade my ram in the next 3-4 months, will i be able to add the same kit without issues?, This is the memory i have now: 8GB (2x4GB) 3200MHz DDR4 CL16 DIMM XMP HyperX Predator Can i add the same kit later in the future? My pc specs: MSI B450M-Mortar-Titanium Ryzen 5 2600...

Hi everyone, Recently I wanted to change timings on my memory (2x8GB 3000MHz 15-17-17-35) so I did some mixing in my bios. System and games seem stable, but memtestx86 and this default windows's memtest are clearly saying that there are problems with memory. It happens in every case, even when...

G402 vs Corsair harpoon which one to buy? Price is approx same here

So I have a couple lined up, but what should I get? Unless you have a different suggestion, which should I get for the price? I don't wanna put a lot of money down but I rather not cheap out...

I've been playing many games with this setup for awhile but when i compare my spec with other peoples specs, they would get more than 50% performance than me. I've checked for CPU temps. and any signs of bottle necking but i don't see any. When i run benchmarks on some games i've noticed that my...

My apologies if not the correct section but I’m just looking for a rough value on my pc so I can consider a sell. I don’t have any expectations of the price so just give me your opinion. Bought it and put it together myself about a year ago now...

My r9 390 can get up to 80C with 3dmark I want to set a custom gpu fan curve last time I used afterburner was 2 years ago and I was on youtube and i opened afterburner and it caused my pc to hard lock i don't know if they fixed it but do you recommend me Sapphire trix or afterburner ?

I am upgrading my PC and getting the an ASUS Prime z390-a motherboard. On their website it says it has a 4-pin RGB header. I am completely new to RGB components and was wondering if anyone could link some addressable strips that would work with the motherboard. On their website ASUS has a...

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Hey i wanna better cpu but i dont have money for a new mother board and i wonder if its worth upgrading to a w3680 from my i7 950 for gaming. games like csgo pubg fortnite etc. my specs: gtx 1060 6gb 14 gb ddr4 ram i7 950

So i have this extra stick of HyperX Kingston Technology Fury Black 8 GB 2133 MHz i wanted to know if it will work in the pc i have right now. My pc build right now is - CPU: Ryzen 7 1700 RAM; ADATA XPG Z1 (8GB 3000 MHz(2 4GB sticks)) MOTHERBOARD: MSI X470 GAMING PLUS POWER SUPPLY: 800...

My ASUS TP300L has stopped charging and the charging indicator light does not light up. The laptop works fine but is clearly running off the battery, even when plugged in (and the battery is almost dead now!) I have checked the power chord voltage and it seems to be working fine. The situation...

I have an MSI motherboard so all the things I have done with BIOS are in MSI's pretty version. Does that mean I do not have the WIn10 dos looking BIOS? I am trying to do something that wants me to get to that Windows BIOS.

So, I recently took possession of both of my family's old core 2 duo systems to tinker with (play XP games on one, play around with Linux on the other). While running some much needed cleaning software I found that under full load the core Temps were reaching 82-83c. Doing a little research I...

Hello, Im looking to upgrade my pc and i was looking to get a gtx 1060 for my pc and a fx 8350 for christmas, but I don't think i have enough money to go through a new motherboard a ram since I bought this pc as a prebuilt. If there are any other upgrade ideas let me know. (I live in Canada)...

Hello i have a problem to boot my pc, im using a i7 5960xat 1.285v in 4,6ghz until now I test but when i try to stress the cpu dont pass from the 1200ghz per core, activate the xmp to pass from 2133 mhz to 3200 mhz stop booting the pc my rams can keep 3200mhz my pc spec are: I7 5969x Mobo msi...

I play a lot of csgo and Fortnite On both of these games I am capped at 70-100 FPS and can't get over that which is annoying as I want to buy a 144 Hz monitor but can't reach 144 FPS even though my pc should be good enough Pc specs: Cpu: i5-7500 3.4 GHz GPU: Gtx 1060 06g 6gb dual Motherboard...

Hello there, Recently, after adding a second GPU so i can connect my second monitor, the drivers stopped working. When I uninstall the GTX 1070 driver, it works fine. But when i reinstall it, the second monitor doesnt work + the other GPU.

So recently I moved and had my PC shipped to me, upon plugging it in my PC turned on just like it would with all the LED, fans, hard drives, and GPU turning on, but there was no display, and it powers off instantly when I press the power button while it is on, my GPU powers on and the fans start...

computer turns on, but wont display anything and the processor fan runs really hard. my keyboard and mouse wont light up either... i have tried -reseating the graphics card -taking out the battery for a bit -switching around ram there's more i've tried, i just cant remember it used to work...

I reinstalled windows recently bevause I was having issues with a possibly corrupted windows update. I couldn't fix it so I just decided a clean install is what I should do. I did that and was getting nothing but issues with games and programs like web browsers just randomly closing. After...