I looked outside this morning and noticed that ice was all over the roads, cars and everything else. As these conditions are dangerous for driving, they can also be dangerous for your computer at home. This is a post giving you some helpful hints in keeping your computer safe this Holiday Season.
All home, desktop computers are plugged in. FACT. Ice build-up and weight on power lines creates power surges and power outages. FACT.
Through the many repairs we have done on people's computers, we have noticed that a majority of the people don't shut down their computer very often. They keep it on with the screen saver, they turn the monitor off, they let it go into Sleep or Hibernate Mode, but they very rarely turn it off.
Based on the two facts above this can prove to be very dangerous for your computer. Anything can happen when a power surge or a power outage occurs and the computer's power is cut unexpectedly. This can include such things as:
1. Computer Not Booting Up
2. Data Loss
3. Hardware Malfunction
4. Software Malfunction
5. Motherboard Frying and Not Responding
The list goes on and on. In order to protect your computer through the icy months we STRONGLY recommend shutting down your computer, when you know you won't use it for at least an hour. When all of the components are off then they can't be interrupted, and possibly damaged, by a power surge or outage.
We hope you will use this information to help keep your computer safe and we wish you all a very Happy Holiday Season!
- Gabriele
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