I got back home (before noon) and discovered that the Media PC was stuck in the middle of booting, with a message...

I got back home (before noon) and discovered that the Media PC was stuck in the middle of booting, with a message saying that the ASUS Bios had detected a power surge and had frozen the boot to protect the PC.

Hmm, I wonder if some of my issues with PCs turning themselves off might have something to do with power surges in the mains? That would explain why it's still happening. Maybe I need to get better powerboards.
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