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Protecting against power source problems

Managing Your

System

Protecting against power source

problems

Surge suppressors, line conditioners, and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS)

can help protect your system against power source problems.

Surge suppressors

During a power surge, the voltage level of electricity coming into your system

can increase far above normal for a few milliseconds. Data may be lost or the

system may be damaged. To protect against power surges, use a surge

suppressor. The surge suppressor absorbs voltage surges and prevents them

from reaching your system.

You plug a surge suppressor into an electrical outlet, then you connect your

computer, monitor, and other devices to it instead of directly to the outlet.

If you have a modem, make sure your surge suppressor has jacks for the

telephone and modem cables. Power surges can pass through telephone wires

as well as electrical wires.

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