Summary: A computer repair shop suggested a minimum joule rating of about 1300 for a surge suppressor for home use. I've seen units rated at 650 joules which o...
Summary: Do I need to purchase a surge suppressor for my 56K PCI Telephony modem for windows? I do have a 8 AC outlet surge suppressor, but it has a hook up fo...
Summary: Since opinions are free allow me to offer mine. If you have a apci enabled system your monitor/hd drives/system will power down. In effect this is li...
Summary: I have my PC and monitor plugged into a surge suppressor. Do I need to buy a separate surge protector for my internal 56 K PCI Telephony modem or is m...
Summary: If your surge suppressor has a switch it has to trip it is worthless. It only takes 30 volts of static electricity to fry a motherboard. That surge su...
Summary: Are you saying this is happening with more than one modem? (You said:)""it has happened with both internal and external"" I cannot quite conceive of ...
Summary: Hi people, I just recieved a call from my sister-in-law, and she told me her monitor had no display. I went over there, hooked up another monitor, it...
Summary: I do tech support at work, but a home issue has me stumped. I experienced a problem with a new pc that appears to power itself off randomly (while th...
Summary: How long depends on your UPS, system, and anything else that may be plugged into it. The best way is to put your computer (just the box itself) on bat...
Summary: I second wanderer. My frequent contacts with HP, Sony & Toshiba Technical Support all referred me to this article. Quoted under paragraph 4.5 General...
Summary: I have a differnet take on your post. I am thinking if you had a surge suppressor, and its failure lite isn't on or the unit died, then the storm had ...
Summary: I'm not sure I understand your question. Did you internal power supply blow up, die, quit? If so, I don't think the lack of a UPS would do that, but...
Summary: Hi. I have a custom built celeron 550 pc, its about...2 yrs old. I plugged it into a faulty surge suppressor last month and caused some sort of elec...
Summary: I have a set of Monsoon Flat Panel speakers w/sub woofer and it's seems that they are going south on me. What happens is that after some idle time (a...
