System damaged?

[Whitewolf]

10 minutes ago we had a blackout in my neighberhood for 5 minutes. As you can guess I have no UPS, and my PC was open. I opened it after the blackout and it seems normal. Is there any chance that it has been damaged, espeially the hard disc? Do HD's have any protection for this kind of situation? I have the IBM 60GXP.

Thanks in advance

 

[nortexoid]

is it functioning properly or no?
do u have surge protector or no?

or no?

 

[Whitewolf]

As I said, it seems to function properly, nothing bad yet. But is it possible not to function properly?

btw ...what is surge protector?

 

[mikefromwa]

my guess would be no and damage would prolly be no, just boot it and see if it starts to smoke

 

[Boonesmi]

i agree, i would imagine if anything was damaged you would already know it

 

[Whitewolf]

ok... thanx for relaxing me PP

Is there a program to check HD's health, bench it and stuff like that?

And nortexoid...what is surge protector?

Thanks

 

[bacillus]

look here for what a surge protector is for!

 

[nortexoid]

surge protects are big resistors between your outlet and whatever is plugged into it...

in case there's a surge of electricity coming through the outlet, the surge protector dampens it so it doesn't damage whatever is plugged into the outlet (surge protector plugs into the outlet, computer/whatever plugs into the surge protector)

most decent powerbars have built in surge protectors.

safe to say your comp is fine...like my hair (soon)...damnit.

*edit*

thanks dad!

 

[UnixFreak]

<< just boot it and see if it starts to smoke >>



My answer to everything.

 

[Whitewolf]

LOL