Power Cut = Damage??

CBrooksC · 3 Apr 2011 at 18:11

Mum just cut power to PC (mains) for a laugh, Some how she didn't see how I didn't find it funny. Now my question is, is this going to have caused damage, it was when it was in full usage. and are there any things I can do to check for damage or to reduce the chance of damage..?

manbearpig · 3 Apr 2011 at 18:12

Turn it on?

CBrooksC · 3 Apr 2011 at 18:12

I'm on it now.

setter · 3 Apr 2011 at 18:15

It should be fine, had this happen on mine a few times. Still working.

andy_mk3 · 3 Apr 2011 at 18:15

CBrooksC said:
I'm on it now.

Then it must be broken.

CBrooksC · 3 Apr 2011 at 18:15

Yeah but i mean can it cause any damage to the parts?

I'm always read that you shouldn't cut power to it

Si105 · 3 Apr 2011 at 18:16

Then it's fine

PC parts are pretty resilient.

MikeHunt79 · 3 Apr 2011 at 18:16

No chance if damage unless you're using a poor quality PSU.

CBrooksC · 3 Apr 2011 at 18:17

Mines a bequiet 530watt

MikeHunt79 · 3 Apr 2011 at 18:18

CBrooksC said:
Mines a bequiet 530watt

Bequiet are reasonably good quality, you'll be fine.

CBrooksC · 3 Apr 2011 at 18:18

ok, good. thanks

Tonester007 · 3 Apr 2011 at 18:48

Si105 said:
Then it's fine
PC parts are pretty resilient.

The parts may be resilient, but if his PC was writing to the hard-disk at the time of the power cut then there could be some file corruption.

OP: Do you have write-caching enabled on your drives? You may have lost any work you were saving at the time of the power cut.

Also might be worth running CHKDSK just to be sure.

powelly · 3 Apr 2011 at 20:16

Some how she didn't see know I found it funny

mind = blown

Reaper 392 · 3 Apr 2011 at 20:28

no matter what the state of the hard drive is, tell her the power cut she gave the PC made the hard drive crash (explain in great detail how hard drive crashes happen, and how much damage they cause)

once she has been overwhelmed with that info, demand she gets you a new hard drive, and make it a really expensive one (prehaps even an SSD)

HammyUK · 3 Apr 2011 at 20:35

CBrooksC · 3 Apr 2011 at 23:10

I was playing CSS at the time LOL I don't think anything was writing to the hard drive LOL and I don't know If I have cache on I think so. How Do I find out?

I'm running CHKDSK

Basicly disk check thing but without shutting down LOL I like

But when I run it it closes itself :S

~Mike~ · 4 Apr 2011 at 08:12

CBrooksC said:
Mum just cut power to PC (mains) for a laugh, Some how she didn't see know I found it funny. Now my question is, is this going to have caused damage, it was when it was in full usage. and are there any things I can do to check for damage or to reduce the chance of damage..?

Have you never had a 'Power Cut'? There's no difference between your mum turning of the power and a 'Power Cut'.

I've had numerous 'Power Cuts' and never had any issues. Maybe I've just been lucky.

If your concerned by this, get yourself an uninterruptible power supply.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uninterruptible_power_supply

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=702&catid=55&subid=1208

RedvGreen · 4 Apr 2011 at 09:41

CBrooksC said:
I was playing CSS at the time LOL I don't think anything was writing to the hard drive LOL and I don't know If I have cache on I think so. How Do I find out?

I'm running CHKDSK

Basicly disk check thing but without shutting down LOL I like
But when I run it it closes itself :S

So, it went something like this...

Mum: "Get off that PC, it's taking over your life!"
You: *grunt* *warcry*
Mum: "Don't ignore me, or i'll turn it off, IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME!"
You: "You wouldn't dare FACE MY WRATH!"
Mum: "Oh yea? ................."
*click*

HDD is the only issue. Very unlikely to ever cause any issues, although if the drives are near capacity and/or old it could have negative repercussions with corruption.

CBrooksC · 4 Apr 2011 at 10:03

f00f1ght0r said:
So, it went something like this...

Mum: "Get off that PC, it's taking over your life!"
You: *grunt* *warcry*
Mum: "Don't ignore me, or i'll turn it off, IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME!"
You: "You wouldn't dare FACE MY WRATH!"
Mum: "Oh yea? ................."
*click*

HDD is the only issue. Very unlikely to ever cause any issues, although if the drives are near capacity and/or old it could have negative repercussions with corruption.

ha lol, it was more like.

You never do anything around the house.(Did the washing up and cleaned the kitching only an hour before)
I got not warning really, she said get of the computer so I was about to click on shutdown and it just went 'Buwwwwooooo' and my heart skiped a beat because this had happend before and HDD broke, but do you think it's perhaps worth getting a new HDD? because I hate slow pc's and LAGG so much. LOL
thats the reason I got a new PC!

and so all other parts like cpu and gpu cant be damaged from power cut?

'_'

RedvGreen · 4 Apr 2011 at 10:52

Surges can damage them which the PSU should filter out with smoothing capacitors. Decreasing voltages cannot damage them - it's just like turning them off.

A proper power cut (by the electric company) usually occurs after a surge - you notice the lights flicker then go brighter, then back to normal, then the power cut strikes. That surge is the danger.