Ok, try this as an experiment.
Empty the kettle completely, and then fill to a particular, repeatable level of water. Plug it in directly to a wall socket and switch it on. Time how long it takes to boil.
Empty the kettle, rinse with cold water from the tap, empty, fill from tap to same level as before. Plug in to wall via belkin protector, time how long it takes to boil.
If they take the same time, as I would expect them to, there's no problem with the surge protector. I can't imagine that a working surge protector is limiting the current being drawn to such an extent that it's preventing the PC from reliably booting. It can't be drawing more than an Amp on boot up.
I wonder if you have a poor quality power supply unit (PSU) in the PC which isn't power factor corrected and the PSU is being seen as a highly inductive load by the protector, which it doesn't like. How old is the PSU in your PC? Do you know if it is Power Factor Corrected, it will possibly have a label on it saying this, or PFC, if it is.
Duncan
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