Yup – power supply – and you might want to invest in an UPS – much better than ANY – Repeat – ANY power strip at protecting your system from spikes and surges than power strips – and they also protect you from brown outs (low voltage situations) and, of course complete power outages. And the good part is that they have come down in price to that of a more expensive power strip.

Note that every time a power strip takes a hit, it gets weaker.

I plug my strips into my UPS.

Note that if you have an LCD monitor, you can easily run your PC, Monitor, and all your network devices comfortably off a 500VA UPS which you can get for under $75 US.

Go for a bigger one for multiple PCs or you want to run your CRT monitors – Note that in the case of a complete outage, all you need is about 5 minutes of run time to perform a “graceful” shutdown.

Well, don’t get turned off by Antec, they still make great PSs. I will add that the Tru Power series is a “quiet” type supply – if you have any case fan speeds controlled by the PS you might try using non-speed controlled connections.

You can get a really inexpensive generic video card just to verify it is the card. I have PNY card that I use just for testing, troubleshooting and verification that I keep on hand – that way if the mobo or ps is wiping out cards, I won’t destroy a good one.

Excellent news! Glad it got fixed.

Excellent news! Glad it got fixed.

Great – glad you got it fixed and thanks for posting that you got it fixed – so many postings are left with no follow-ups – it is good to see what led to the resolutions.

Great – glad you got it fixed and thanks for posting that you got it fixed – so many postings are left with no follow-ups – it is good to see what led to the resolutions.

Well, don’t get turned off by Antec, they still make great PSs. I will add that the Tru Power series is a “quiet” type supply – if you have any case fan speeds controlled by the PS you might try using non-speed controlled connections.

You can get a really inexpensive generic video card just to verify it is the card. I have PNY card that I use just for testing, troubleshooting and verification that I keep on hand – that way if the mobo or ps is wiping out cards, I won’t destroy a good one.

Yup – power supply – and you might want to invest in an UPS – much better than ANY – Repeat – ANY power strip at protecting your system from spikes and surges than power strips – and they also protect you from brown outs (low voltage situations) and, of course complete power outages. And the good part is that they have come down in price to that of a more expensive power strip.

Note that every time a power strip takes a hit, it gets weaker.

I plug my strips into my UPS.

Note that if you have an LCD monitor, you can easily run your PC, Monitor, and all your network devices comfortably off a 500VA UPS which you can get for under $75 US.

Go for a bigger one for multiple PCs or you want to run your CRT monitors – Note that in the case of a complete outage, all you need is about 5 minutes of run time to perform a “graceful” shutdown.