Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Step1
Purchase a UPS unit to protect your computer and computer hardware. This unit will give you much needed time to save and exit your computer should you experience a power brown out or black out. In order to know how big of a UPS will be required, you need to make a list of the power usages of each piece of your hardware. Total the watts used and select a model of UPS that will give you at least 5 minutes of power protection. The further advantage of a UPS is that it is capable of filtering power spikes on your outlets that come through from the power company.
Step2
Remember to be as neat as you can when organizing the cables around the computer. Don't place them in locations that are easy to be tripped over or accidentally unplugged. For best security of the wires and cables that connect to your computer and computer hardware, use wire ties to secure the cables together and then route them through areas of little or no traffic.
Step3
Be mindful of all the power cables when working inside your computer. There are power cables that connect your storage devices (floppy, CDROM, CD RW, DVD, DVD_RW and hard disks). Make sure that they are all in proper condition by inspecting the connection ends of the cables. Make sure that they will make a secure connection with the mating part of the connector. Double check each connection is securely in place before closing the computer. One final connection on the inside of the computer to check is the main connector from the power supply to the motherboard.
Step4
Ensure that you have firmly seated the main power cable in the tower and to the back of the monitor.
