fix & repair Computer Power Supply Problems in Tucson
Need to Repair Computer Power Supply in Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley?
If you are looking for reliable technicians to repair computer power supply or help you with a different power issue for your PC, laptop, or All-in-One, you are in the right place!
The power supply of your computer or laptop is the heartbeat of your system. It provides the needed electrical power that your computer or laptop needs to function properly. We fix computer power problems.
Do you have devices affected by power failure, lightning, or brownout in Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, Green Valley or Sahuarita?
We provide reliable repair services for any computer related power issues for homes and businesses in the Tucson greater area!
Repair computer power problems in Oro Valley.
Repair computer power problems in Marana.
A PC power supply supplies power to the actual computer and in many cases, provides power to the monitor as well. Your computer motherboard, drives, and some expansion cards may all run off the main computer power supply - and the power supply may have one or more fans to help keep it cool .
Your PC power supply can be damaged by:
- equipment failure - like a computer power port that stopped working right. Equipment failure may also be caused by software glitches.
- accidents
- power surges
- brownouts
- lightning.
If you think you may have a computer power problem, call us for a complete diagnosis and repair.
Repair Computer Power Supply to Avoid Expensive Repairs and Data Loss
Power supply problems are common and they affect homes and businesses in Tucson every year. Do you need to repair computer power issues?
Was your computer affected by power failure, lightning, or brownout in Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, Green Valley or Sahuarita?
We diagnose and repair power supply issues!
Bring your computer to our shop or ask for tech to visit your home or office.
Identify the Signs of Computer Power Failure in Tucson
When do you need to repair computer power?
Your computer or laptop might not turn on at all in case of power failure.
But other power problems are not as obvious.
Signs of a power failure issue are the following symptoms:
- computer reboots spontaneously
- computer locks up
- computer overheats
- you get electrical shocks when you touch the computer
Fix or replace your PC power supply in Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley
PC Power Failure Due to Computer Lightning Damage in Tucson
PC power failure can be caused by lightning strike or brownouts or power surges. If you believe your computer or modem may have been struck by lightning or that you are experiencing other computer lightning damage, please give us a call to repair computer power problems.
Contact us to find out if your computer power supply can be repaired or if it needs to be replaced.
Appointments available Monday through Sunday - walk-ins and home or office visits in Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, Green Valley, Sahuarita, and more.
We Repair Computer Power Supply in Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley
We repair computer power problems in Tucson, we repair computer power problems in Marana, and we repair computer power problems in Oro Valley.
Bring your computer or laptop in today or call for a home appointment.
If you are experiencing a computer power problem or pc power failure, give us a call. We can repair or replace you power supply.
Available for appointments Monday through Sunday.
FAQ about Lightning and Surge Damage to Computers
Is Lightning Damage a Real Risk to Computers in Tucson?
Tucson is the lightning photography capital of the world -- indicating a lot of lightning occurs right here in southern Arizona. And all that lightning does pose a risk to Tucson computers and many people need to repair computer power problems that arise.
Power failure is common and may affect your PC power supply in Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, Green Valley, Sahuarita, and more.
Lightning is a sudden high voltage discharge of electricity. A lightning strike can occur within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.
Monsoon season here in the Tucson area brings lightning that can cause electric storm computer damage, power surge computer damage, and data loss.
According to NASA, 40 to 50 flashes of lightning occur every second worldwide. Some estimates indicate lightning causes more electric storm computer damage than fires, explosions, hardware faults, software bugs, floods, human errors, and sabotage combined.
Can Lightning Damage My Computer If It Is Not a Direct Strike?
Lightning causes damage when it generates very short but powerful electrical events like power surges and strikes. Direct lightning strikes can seriously damage buildings and wiring and can cause fires. Even more worrisome, the energy of a lightning strike – on a power line, for example - can affect electronics several miles away.
How Do I Know if My Computer Has Suffered Electric Storm Computer Damage?
How do you know if you need to repair computer power?
Some signs of power surge computer damage caused by lightning strikes or brownouts include:
- Computer won't start
- Computer turns on but nothing on screen
- Signal not found or No Signal
- Surge protectors and inline fuses are "blown"
- UPS/backup batteries alarm
- Computer acting weird.
Power failure can affect your computer power supply.
Repair All-in-One computer power problems.
AIO computers are vulnerable to the same type of power issues as traditional PCs.
Damage from an electrical storm or lightning strike may not show up immediately. Problems like video card damage or a CD rom drive failure may turn up weeks or months after the storm has passed. However, if you are experiencing erratic system operation or new computer problems, call us.
Our technicians are trained to troubleshoot electric storm computer damage and get your machine working smoothly again.
We service Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, Green Valley, Sahuarita, and more.
How Can I Protect My Computer Against Lightning Damage
Computers and modems contain electronic components easily damaged by sudden changes in power, power failure, or lightning strikes. Many homes and offices in Tucson need to repair computer power, because just turning off your computer is not enough to protect against sever lightning damage to computers. We recommend these additional steps to protect against lightning damage to computer in an electrical storm:
UNPLUG - the best protection against lightning and power surges is simple. Turn off and unplug everything.
- Shut down the computer
- Turn off peripherals
- Disconnect the power cords
Be sure to turn off and unplug the DSL or cable modem and unplug the telephone line from the modem as well. High voltages can travel to your computer telephone lines and will zap your DSL or cable modem.Using the correct surge protector may help you avoid loss of data but is not as effective as disconnecting the computer from both the power and data signal during a storm.Unplug during a blackout too. When the power comes back on the rapidly changing power levels can damage a power supply.
If your computer was affected in Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, Green Valley, Sahuarita or another nearby location, contact us - we are ready to help.
Do spikes, surges, and static damage computers?
Not all energy related computer problems are lightning related. Sometimes, you need to repair computer power because of electric spikes, surges, brownouts, blackouts, and static electricity that damage your computer, laptop, or All-in-One.
Spikes have occurred from something as innocent sounding as disconnecting your printer cable from the computer while the computer is running.
Static electricity is a very real problem in Tucson’s low humidity. Simply walking across the carpet in a room with low humidity can generate up to 35,000 volts of static charge and do major damage to an unprotected computer. Vacuuming too close to a computer can also generate sufficient static electricity to damage your machine.
Computers should never be placed directly on carpeting - if you wish to sit your computer on a carpeted floor, consider placing a six inch wooden box between the carpet and the computer.
Even on your desk your computer will be safer if you place a plastic mat between the carpet and your chair to eliminate much of the static charge from moving across the carpet.
Was your PC's power supply affected by power failure or static electricity in Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, Green Valley, Vail, or Sahuarita? We can help. Give us a call.
Do I need to protect my computer from power surges?
A surge suppressor is an electrical device designed to protect equipment from sudden changes in current – brownouts, blackouts, surges and spikes. With a surge suppressor, many times you won't need to repair computer power.
Installing a surge protector between your computer power cable and the wall outlet will give you some protection from electrical storm damage that might occur when you are not around to unplug your system.
Use surge protectors to protect from surges through network cables that can damage your PC power supply. A high end surge protector allows you to feed all data and power through the surge protector to protect on both the power and data signal side. Not using a surge protector leaves your computer exposed to power failure damage.
Surge protectors have specific ratings and you will need to select a surge protector based on your specific application. If you are trying to protect against lightning storm damage, be sure to select a device that is rated for lightning protection. Be aware, however, that lightning creates a very high voltage spike of as much as 50 million volts. No surge protector is going to guarantee protection against a direct hit from a lightning bolt.
Note: Sometimes power strips are erroneously referred to as surge protectors even when they offer no surge protection. An inexpensive power strip from the local hardware store will not protect your computer in a lightning strike or major power surge. Surge protectors that will protect against spikes are going to be more expensive – we can help you find the right one for your application.
Note: DSL modems and surge protectors seem to not play well together. A DSL modem plugged into a surge protector may periodically lose the DSL signal. This is a nuisance – but can save you considerable expense repairing damage to a computer hit by a power surge.
Tucson Computer services Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, Green Valley, Sahuarita, and more. We can repair or replace any computer components and make sure that your home or business computers work great in local conditions.
Should I Add an Uninterruptible Power Supply?
The UPS uses batteries to keep equipment running during power outages just long enough to allow your computer to shut down safely without data loss. Another important benefit of installing a UPS is to provide your computer with a steady supply of "clean" power, without the highs and lows of a regular power supply. By allowing your computer to sip power just the way it wants, you will be extending the life of your computer power supply components. Install the UPS between the surge protector and the computer. An UPS is another great way to avoid the necessity to repair computer power and keep your IT equipment safer.
Uninterruptible Power Supplies are sized for the need you have in your system - we can help you determine the size that will work best for you. Note: we do not recommend using a UPS for long term "working in the dark" or keeping your system going during a power failure.
Are you in Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, Green Valley, Sahuarita or another nearby location?
For most applications, we will recommend against plugging a large monitor into the UPS and we caution that you should NEVER plug your laser printer into your UPS. These heavy demand devices will quickly run down and wear out your UPS, leaving you unprotected.
Electrical Storm Safety Tips
Safety Tips for You during an Electrical Storm
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports that about 400 people each year are struck by lightning.
Keep yourself and your family safe during a Tucson lightning storm.
Skip the chores - Leave the dishes, laundry, showering and bathing until after the storm. Electric strikes can follow the water pipes and reach you through a water faucet.
Put down the phone – Landlines can conduct electricity from a bolt of lightning right into your body. Cell phones are safer but don’t use a cell phone outside or in a car where they can attract electricity to you because of their metal components.
Unplug - Turn off and unplug TV and appliances and all your chargers to prevent electricity from travelling through home wiring and short circuiting your equipment or starting a fire.
Note: laptops, tablets and e readers are generally safe to use indoors if they are not plugged in to a charger.
Step away from the window or door - Sure lightning is exciting to watch – but lightning bolts can strike through glass and around doors.
In your car – don’t touch electrical or metal objects, including the radio, cell phone charger, car door handles, foot pedals or steering wheel. One safety expert suggests if you are caught driving in a Tucson lightning storm, pull off the road, put on your flashers, roll up all windows, turn off the engine, keep your hands in your lap and wait until the storm passes.
Be Patient - The ASU School of Geographical Sciences suggest that the typical monsoon storm will pass within about 30 minutes - not too long to wait if it saves your life.
Are you in Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, Green Valley, Sahuarita or another nearby town?
Follow these suggestions to keep yourself, your family, and your computer equipment safe. Power failure can greatly damage the PC power supply and you might be unable to continue using you computer. Do you need to repair computer power?
Questions about your computer? Give us a call.
Building a New Computer or Upgrading?
How Much Power Should Your Computer Power Supply Provide?
If you are upgrading computer parts, you should pay close attention to their power requirements, as they might be higher that the current ones.
Whether you're building a new computer or upgrading your current one, here are some tips on how much power should be provided by your power supply unit:
- the PSU needs to be able to handle the max power consumption of all computer parts, the biggest power requirements going to the CPU, GPU, RAM, storage drives, and fans.
- powerful computers typically need more watts, 750 - 1000 being common.
- make sure to get a PSU with headroom for overclocking, future upgrades, and simply making sure that the PSU is not running at mx capacity during normal computer use.
- purchase a PSU from a reputable brand that is certified for efficiency
By choosing a higher wattage PSU, you make sure that yorur PC will have a stable and reliable power delivery.