Can a powerstrip cause Bluescreen?

[olivermartensson2]

About a month ago i started getting bsod very frequently. I had a powerstrip that had 3 outputs on (I used all of them for my computerscreen, one for my pc and the last one for a wifi extender because my computer didnt have wireless internet connector). The code for the bluescreen was often system service exception. But now i have thrown that powerstrip away and just use the wall outlet instead and i have not gotten any bsod since.
Can someone explain why this happens?

 

[Lutfij]

Possible that you were having a power surge in spite of having a *surge protector* (power strip). Might it be possible to pass on your full system's specs? This is a troubleshooting thread so it'd help with further reference.

Might want to list the specs like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:

 

[therealduckofdeath]

Yeah, it's possible to get all sorts of oddities involving electricity. I had a similar really odd adventure myself earlier this year. Long story short, my computer would reboot sometimes when I flipped a light switch in another room. Took me a while to see the connection as I obviously rarely was in the room when it rebooted. Took me even longer to find the cause, which most likely turned out to be the Corsair water pump on my CPU cooler. Long story even shorterer, I never managed to figure out why the light switch downstairs rebooted my PC until the water pump died in a loud screeching sound as if the ball bearings had had enough. It got me to use my old stock cooler instead and since then I've not had a single issue with that light switch. Knock on wood. I'm guessing there was a manufacturing flaw in the pump causing some sort of ground fault.

In your case, if a power strip doesn't have a good internal ground connection the result can be a weirdly behaving PC.

 

[ashifkhanoppoa37]

Yes in somecases.