Nowadays, who does not want to have a powerful PC on their desk? We use it to perform all kinds of activities, from watching the high-definition video to enjoying the most spectacular games, surfing the Internet, downloading large files, etc.
For some of these applications, it is required to have high capacity hard drives and high-performance video cards. Many users configure themselves PCs in order to have just what they want.
One of the big mistakes that are made when buying the components of a PC is to choose a low-quality power supply to save costs. In the data recovery laboratory of Ondata, we often see hard drives damaged by failures of this component.
Saving in the power supply can bring us problems since it is the element in charge of supplying power to the whole system (motherboard, disks, external hardware …). If it fails, it can cause serious electronic damage to these other parts – which in turn have a high cost – and of course, can be a reason for data loss if an electrical failure comes to affect the hard drive.
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The temptation to choose a cheap power supply is easy to understand since it is possible to find a power supply of 700W for € 60, while others of a similar or slightly higher power (for example, 850W) can be around € 240.
Naturally, the price difference is reflected in the quality and performance: from the number of inputs/outputs available to the noise generated by the source (which can be very annoying, especially if we leave the PC turned on by the night downloading files).
There are many other parameters that make a power supply better and, consequently, more expensive. In what aspects is this higher quality noted? For example, our team will have greater protection against power surges, in an electrical storm, etc.
In addition, a good power supply will facilitate that in future extensions of our PC we have no problems to connect new parts; we must bear in mind that the new components that are appearing are increasingly more powerful and with greater capacity, but they also consume more or you can have a look HDD recovery services here.
Data recovery due to a faulty power supply
In the data recovery service of Ondata, we have received many damaged discs due to the power supply, with the possibility of losing important files stored in them. Suddenly, the user has found the PC “dead” or has seen that the system tried to boot but did not detect the hard drive.
In many of these cases, the power failure affects the controller board of the disk, although sometimes the heads are damaged as well. Our technology centre performs a free diagnosis of the fault and has different data recovery techniques for each type of failure.
For all the above, it is important that when setting up a PC we have in mind to choose a good source of power, as it is a critical element for the operation of the PC and the health of our data.
