Power outage when I turn on my computer

[Ji Eun]

When I turn on my computer, the electricity in my room goes out. My power supply is 750watts. Please help me

 

[Paul NZ]

Ring your power company / landlord if you've got one. Tell them to fix it

 

[synphul]

To put things into perspective, an electric heater only pulls 1500w max in the u.s. What else do you have running in your room? You could have a faulty breaker or too much stuff drawing power overloading it.

 

[Ji Eun]

Theres not much in the room, could there be something wrong with how the pc is built?

 

[Dmac9244]

There might be, but the circuit that your computer is running on might not just encompass your room. As synphul said, too much power might be drawn from the breaker, setting it off. You might have a breaker set to go off at a very low wattage, but that makes little sense. It's either your computer or your breaker, and as long as your computer is built properly, it should be fine, and the breaker has a problem.

 

[synphul]

I can't say for sure, but chances are there's something is wrong in terms of wiring. Can you take your pc to a different room (try to get further away from your room physically, or use a socket that's still active when your room's breaker is blown so you know you're on a different circuit). Try that and see if it throws that circuit too. If so, there might be a short or wiring issue in your power supply. Or if you have something like a space heater, unplug your pc from the outlet it's in and plug the space heater into it and turn it on high. If the the circuit fails with the heater, poor wiring or an overload is happening and it's your wall wiring. If you plug in the space heater and it's fine, but plug your pc back in and turn it on (instead of the heater, not in addition to it) and it blows again, I'd say it's your pc.

The reason for a heater, if you're in the u.s. (I'm not familiar with european wiring) a space heater on high typically draws 1500w. I highly doubt your pc pulls close to that. It will make a weakness in your room's wiring show up pretty quick if the heater trips the circuit your pc is usually plugged into.

If you're using a ups or power bar, try plugging your pc straight into the outlet. See if the issue persists, sometimes a power bar can cause problems. If you're not using one, then you can skip that step in isolating the issue.