EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) Sun Flares and HP's

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(09-14-2024 04:15 PM)AnnoyedOne Wrote:  Cosmic rays can also affect electronics but the Earths magnetic field deflects most of those. That said random effects can and do happen

Isn't that what ECC was developed for?

"Extensive background radiation studies by IBM in the 1990s suggest that computers typically experience about one cosmic-ray-induced error per 256 megabytes of RAM per month. If so, a superstorm, with its unprecedented radiation fluxes, could cause widespread computer failures. For­tun­ately, in such instances most users could simply reboot."

http://www.scientificamerican.com/articl...ast-facts/