[SOLVED] pc unpluged while on is it damaged?

[stanleyjames564]

so i have a very loose power socket that my pc is conected to and it queeps unpluing while the oc is on and im not sure if it damages the pc although i have noticed that it very noisy now and i dont know if it is because of this or something else

 

[kanewolf]

It could damage your hard drive. Your disk could be in the middle of critical writes (like to the file tables or something) when the power goes out. That can corrupt your hard drive to the point it won't boot.

 

[geofelt]

Your primary exposure is to drive corruption.
Normally drive updates are cached.
You can stop cacheing which will minimize the possibility at the expense of performance.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/324805/how-to-manually-turn-disk-write-caching-on-or-off

Another solution might be to use a UPS which will allow you to continue or gracefully shut down the pc in the event of disconnection.

Lastly, how much trouble would it be to fix the loose socket?

 

[kanewolf]

thanks for the help i am not very knowledgable in the pc wold, the loose socket has been fixed, but i was wondering if the constand power downs have anything to do with the pc geting louder since this started happening

Unknown. What type of noise?