Desktop & Power outage

[learninmypc]

I'll try to make this simple. In the past month or so the power in the house has gone out a few times, my HP Tower obviously shuts down, does the power outage cause any damage to the tower when that happens, thank you

 

[Brickwizard]

If it happens too often it may upset some components, however it is when power is restored you often get a spike that can cause damage, The more likely damage will be to your Microsoft installation [if you use Windows]
If you are worried, get yourself either a plug or extension lead with inbuilt surge protection,

 

[learninmypc]

If it happens too often it may upset some components, however it is when power is restored you often get a spike that can cause damage, The more likely damage will be to your Microsoft installation [if you use Windows]
If you are worried, get yourself either a plug or extension lead with inbuilt surge protection,

Would it do any good to reset it to factory settings??

 

[Brickwizard]

Would it do any good to reset it to factory settings??

I doubt it. I lost my desktop at the beginning of covid, a power spike took out the ram, 2 of 5 internal hard drives and the motherboard power regulator. It was cheaper to get another re-use desktop and a new surge protector than try to make repairs,

 

[learninmypc]

I doubt it. I lost my desktop at the beginning of covid, a power spike took out the ram, 2 of 5 internal hard drives and the motherboard power regulator. It was cheaper to get another re-use desktop and a new surge protector than try to make repairs,

Ok, thanks.

 

[Passcode3463]

I myself worry about power outage in the middle of system/bios updates. I use both power surge protectors as well as a UPS. I notice that when there is a lightning nearby, there's an electrical surge into my system anyway.