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I have a surge protector actually. Which is what makes it even more odd... Its almost like the thing failed... The computer itself came with a special two piece plug also that's meant to stop surges too I believe. The problem is extremely wierd. I will be buying another protector soon though.
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Surge protectors, once they have done their job by protecting against a surge, will then need to be replaced. The reason being, the device inside the surge protector (called a varistor, almost always a metal-oxide varistor or MOV), protects the expensive electronics down the line by burning out itself instead of causing the electronics to go up in smoke. The problem is, once the MOV burns out, it's no longer there to protect anything. Most surge protectors now give an indicator light telling you when the protector no longer works. However, the asinine way they design that indicator light is to turn on a red warning light when the protector is working
and turning off when it isn't working (!) instead of the more logical method of turning on the warning light when the protector is
not working.
But this special two plug protector you mentioned worries me. What is it exactly? ALL surge protectors
require a third prong ground connection to protect against surges, and I wonder if this two plug protector is something that converts a two prong outlet into a three-prong outlet?
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If I have to take a guess at what may have added to the problem, its the fact that I put my computer to sleep when the outage happend... Maybe the computer didn't want to reboot in its old state or something. But I'm not about to let my computer power completly down again quite yet. Time will tell I suppose.
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I always worry about putting my computer to sleep, and so never do it. Windows XP can be so weird sometimes, and die for what seems like no reason. Seems possible that might be an admittedly voodoo reason for it dying.
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My laptop is nice, but admittedly it has aged quite a bit. Even for when I bought it back on 06 it wasn't quite 100% up to date with the times. I was saving for a down payment for a new car, but the extra money I have now... if my computer doesn't pass all my tests next friday... will likely be put towards a laptop. lol
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I have a laptop and I agree that they age
much more quickly then desktops. I don't think I will buy a laptop again for a very long time.