As far as I know, it’s when the voltage of a certain area drops to a really low point; somewhere to where the power isn’t completely out, but isn’t enough to power most things.
I could be completely wrong, though.
It doesn’t in my area, the power was out just 3 days ago due to high wind.
The point is, I actually do use my netbook whenever I’m typing something, the netbook is plugged to its own keyboard, mouse and monitor whenever I’m at home so it feels just like using a desktop. I do that not only because it’s more reliable and power failure proof, but also because I store everything important in that thing, I replaced the hard drive with a bigger one so I don’t need to cope with 8gb of storage, I have 250gb. Also I feel kinda stupid using an overclocked beast of gaming to run ms word. 
By the way, I hooked up my modem to the same 12v battery and it worked fine, I don’t know how long it would have lasted because the power was back on within the hour.
Keep in mind, it doesn’t mean if you buy the CoolerMaster 520W RealPower it can’t break on you without warning.
Don’t get a PSU that you have to install upside down, the cooler will break within a year… That’s what you get for saving money on a cheap case. :fffuuu:
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Or that’s what you get for buying a cheap-ass PSU.
What he said.
Nah the CPU itself is great, the cooler inside is just a regular cooler you can buy anywhere. They didn’t turn it upside down so it broke down quickly. I can’t open the PSU up and replace it because I have to remove some screws that have a sticker on them (if I remove the sticker I lose warranty).
So you’d rather have a broken PSU that you can’t use than lose warranty? Or am I missing something…
Anyway, I bought the Antec BP500U. Was either that or a 1000W one in the store I went to, and I couldn’t be arsed to go anywhere else.
Thanks for the help 
If it’s still under warranty why not have them fix it for you for free?