Do I need to be concerned about this product having a power surge or something and frying my laptop?
914245
No...that's what the USB shield is for..inside the insulation where the wires connect to the USB connector, there is a ground wire that should be soldered onto the sheild. It's the standard. I just tend to worry about long flexible attachments connected to my laptop that plug into my usb port...I would be very sad if it was to bend the USB connector that is soldered to the motherboard.
914246
The light get's power from your laptop so if the light gets a power surge, your laptop received the surge prior to the light. I've never had a problem with this light.
914247
I don't see how that would happen as it is powered by your laptop - no external power. It is a great product and perfect for using your laptop at night. Hope this helps.
914248
I have been using mine for a few years and I have never had any problem with it. It is powered by the laptop, so if there is a surge it would have to come through the laptop. I even got a new laptop in 2012 and it just works great. I really like having the light for the keyboard.
1108706
if I understand the question correctly, you want to replace the LED screen on the set. I don't think that would be worth the investment. You could more than likely replace the entire set for less. A power surge could have possibly done more damage to the other electronics.
1488203
David, I will need to disagree with Chris on the surge protection issue. By my experience, I would say that a surge can cause damage to hardware up the CAT5/CAT6 line from the NETGEAR Powerline (The XAVB2501 to be exact). All of my equipment was surge protected except the XAVB2501 as it was recommended not to use surge protection on these. After a large storm one of my Powerlines was non-operational and the Cisco switch I had the Powerline linked with was also toast. The switch had been powered though a surge protector that had many other devices attached to it. All the other devices on that protector were fine. Could there be another cause for my switching being toasted that night? Perhaps, but being a resident of a rather stormy area of the united states I've always kept my electronics surged protected and I've never had anything release its magic smoke until this. The odds seem unlikely that the switch could be fried by anything other than the one device that was not surge protected, the Powerline XAVB2501. My thoughts, Noah P.
670179
How many fuses? Zero. Is this product a safe and responsible design? No. Suppose water is in a downstream device (such as keyboard or phone), or suppose an animal chews on a USB cable and shorts together the power wires. Then the power supply unit (PSU) in your computer will power-off. That is assuming the engineers of your PSU have included over-current protection. Thankfully, most PSUs are not as low-quality as this card.
1614597
If you're concerned about "sensitive electronic equipment", run them through an APC/UPC power-protection-battery-backup-surge-protection unit. You probably are using one of those anyway, in your house, with your computer equipment?.. to protect against power surges and power-off-situations? That should help provide stable power for whatever you're using.
163662
Nope, its just electronics. Zero issues, but you wouldn't be able to power it (requires two outlets)
1580655
I guess it depends how long you need it to run in the event of a power failure. If this is your only computer and only need a very short up time before shutting down it may be over kill for you.
909033
I think if you plugged this directly into your laptop, the chances of permanently frying something are high. The HDMI on your laptop is a video output. The HDMI on this device carries raw pcie data from their expresscard adapter to the external board. The cable is HDMI, but none of the signalling is. Applying the wrong signals to the wrong pins can break things in a smoky kind of way.
1159100
I have not had a problem with this surge protector. I have all my computer equipment plugged into it.
1092444
If it's just a plug strip (non surge protector type) you will be fine, over loading shouldn't be a problem, the GFCI will trip before any damage, then you'll know it's over loaded, just try to keep the power strip to 15 amp current draw. Hope this helps.
399141
No I haven't had that problem and my laptop is plugged into the same power strip
1044417
Whenever using ANY power supply, there is always gonna be some warmth/heat coming from the unit regardless of whats connected to it. This is perfectly normal. Now if its HOT to the touch, that is not good. Replace immediately. Hope this helps. Be safe ....Chris.
138020
I would recommend a different charger. Mine makes a crackling noise every time I plug it in. It got to the point that I just bought a different one because I was afraid if frying my laptop.
1933037
Yes, that's true. If you plug it into a surge protector it will not work properly, if at all.
1201337
Well, I guess the question was - IF a surge appears on line and burns up the protective circuitry, will this item still continue to provide power to equipment connector to it? The problem with it doing so is that the equipment hooked to it now unprotected. I'm looking for an answer myself, so more info from owners is welcome..
315511
Power down your pc completely . Leave it connected to a wall power source overnight. Should be good to go.
85050
I would say, in general, stay away from it. It caused my external drive to malfunction; and it didn't cause a significant power boost anyway.