Numbers were clearly stated. Room temperatures are in Fahrenheit. CPU temperatures stated in Celcius. Apparently it was not read at least three times. Numbers are not even seen until a second...

That current is not going through a finger. Otherwise that current would also create significant pain.

His spark did not crate massive pain. So massive amperage seen on that car battery did not...

First, laptop BIOS is (apparently) set to restart on power off. That setting must be set to not restart. So that the BSOD remains displayed until an operator manually does a restart or power cycles....

Over 50 years of designing electronics. When 105 volt and 250 plate voltages caused enough current to cause pain. And no spark.

To create a spark means many thousands of volts.

No exposed...

Electricity was clearly flowing. Please reread it. All electricity has numbers. The electricity you saw was not "a live voltage point". Observed electricity (spark) obviously has no relationship...

Those tests may report something useful. Currently no facts exists to justify any previous recommendations.

You have BSODs. Those numbers were stating clearly what was defective. But you...

A surge is a voltage that approaches or exceeds 1000 volts. You have defined a flicker or noise. A flicker wold be a voltage dropping towards zero. Noise is a voltage that can be single digits. ...

Ground plane is a large sheet of copper inside the motherboard. A significant voltage difference exists across that sheet. That voltage difference is irrelevant (due to its design) for electrical...

BIOS is in non-volatile memory. It is not (easily) corrupted. BIOS configuration is CMOS. This is battery backup memory. To be corrupted means a current must have passed through that circuit - ie...

Potentially harmful surges occur maybe once every seven years. If surges are occurring weekly or daily, then what is protecting less robust appliances? What protects a dishwasher, dimmer switches,...

That 240 ma-hours is for a battery under a specific load that would deplete a battery in hours or days. Amp-hour numbers for batteries increase significantly with less load. And decreases...

Now read what was quoted. Picoamps is near zero - irrelevant. Shelf life provides a completely different and relevant number.
Please read and grasp every sentence before posting.

Making...

ICs that do this function typically consume 100 to 200 picoamps. Some will consume as much as 1 microamp.


BTW, never short a rechargeable battery in a laptop. That can cause explosions. CMOS...

Power on or off make no difference to a CMOS battery life expectancy. The electrical concept is called shelf life. That CMOS battery lasts just as long in a computer as it does in the original...

Volt meter is a superb diagnostic tool. If the battery is 2.8 volts, then plan to replace it in the next six months.

Another indication of a battery going bad long before it does go bad: clock...

A transient into a motherboard may have corrupted CMOS settings. Battery voltage would be irrelevant. A PSU normally would have averted (blocked) that transient. Problem is an adjacent protector...

Then why did APC suddenly admit some 15 million of their protectors must be removed immediately due to fires and other human safety issues. APC did not admit this until after a company of integrity...

Surge Suppressor Fires
http://www.esdjournal.com/techpapr/Pharr/INVESTIGATING%20SURGE%20SUPPRESSOR%20FIRES.doc

Yeph. Knowledge. And protection of human life. Any recommendation I make from from long list of manufacturers known for their integrity.

Yes, grossly undersized protectors (not designed to protect from that Albuquerque anomaly) must be replaced often. Undersizing increases sales and profits. Meanwhile, if an effective 'whole...

Do the words undersizing and fire have any relevance? A protector is for that type of transient. Lesser transients are already made irrelevant by robust protection already inside appliances. Some...

Even though spec numbers define it as worst protection. If one learns facts before making a conclusion, well, numbers are screaming no hardware protection.

Gaston County fire marshal...

Output from my 120 v sine wave UPS in battery backup mode is 200 volt square waves with a spike of up to 270 volts. Cleanest power is when a UPS connect the computer directly to AC mains.
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Your computer is not even drawing 350 watts. And probably closer to 100 watts most of the time. Is your computer so hot as to also toast bread? Of course not. But most who assemble a computer do...

Myths, hearsay, and outright lies are flowing in a flood. This completely bogus recommendation is a ripe example.

A UPS provides temporary and 'dirty' power so that unsaved data can be saved. It...