Thread: Tripp-Lite Powerverter KILLS COMPUTERS!

my computer got fried too. i just posted about it. but it was my power supply not the main board.

the funny thing is for like 6 months i've been using it on a home audio amp in my car, and the amp still works. connected it to the computer for 2 hours and the computers dead

the triplite 140 has worked very well for me the last 2 months+, except for that time i left it on overnight....but thats different

An inverter's job, obviously, is to convert DC to AC. On a graph, DC is just a straight line, while AC will show as a sine wave. The inverter has to generate an artificial sine wave to generate AC current. Most inverters will do a square sine wave or something similar, which does work for things like amps, but might have problems with a computer.

i'm glad you siad that. i was going to use a surg strip when i got my new power supply. i didn't read the manual that came with the inverter.

i am about ready to give up on this whole car pc thing anyway, there's always a problem. i have six computer just siting in my house collecting dust. do i really neeed one in my car? my girlfriend just got a burner i think i'll just have her make me cd's.

dont give up!!

really its not that big of a hasle. I am on my second carputer in 2 months! I upgraded.. and i am working on my home mp3 system and a buddies car system. They really arent that hard to get working correctly. Granted if you add all the bells and whistles you might encounter more probs but a basic mp3 system works great and takes no time (and very little money) to set up.

I've been working with PCs for a long time and I would HIGHLY doubt that the inverter is to blame for frying a keyboard controller chip. Between the two computers, did you use any of the same parts? (keyboard, mouse, power supply, anything) How do know that it burns up the controller chip? Where is the PC mounted and in what type of casing?

[This message has been edited by TheDingo (edited 12-08-2000).]