Topic 'Re: you can never be too safe..' in forum 'AT&T Northeast' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5384979 en Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:16:27 EDT Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:16:27 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5408528 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5408528 Sun, 22 Dec 2002 15:04:02 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5398352 'NT found your serial mouse, (didn't know I'd lost one) & is now installing serial mouse drivers'

Serial mouse? This isn't good. Luckily the fix was pretty easy.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5398352 Sat, 21 Dec 2002 13:11:11 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5398314 said by Grumpy4:
had to convince NT that...
Been there, done that...

did I mention I hate NT?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5398314 Sat, 21 Dec 2002 13:04:31 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5398187 said by sirchief:
quote:
interspersed with cuss word punctuations.


Been there! Thanks Grumpy. I have gone through all of the uninstall and reinstall with APC support. They sent me a new cable, thinking that was the issue. NOT!

-Steve
There's your silver lining - a free USB cable. You're definitely not the Lone Ranger. The Belkin UPS I bought goes to my NT machine via a serial cable. I had to convince NT that the Belkin UPS wasn't a serial mouse by altering the boot.ini file.

Another time I absolutely couldn't get APC's Powerchute to work on another machine. I too rarely leave work open and walk too far from a computer, but my daughter might, so I guess it's good that her Powerchute works. I suppose we can all agree that serial and USB port communication is less than perfect.

Even more port talk -- I once had a Colorado tape back up that connected via a pass through parallel port. One day a tech that worked for Colorado said, "Well, a parallel port isn't a great conduit for data exchange or backup." Great, now they tell me after I bought the thing.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5398187 Sat, 21 Dec 2002 12:44:11 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5397920 said by sirchief:
Mr.Fixit, sorry to jump into your thread!

-Steve
No problem Steve! It's all good :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5397920 Sat, 21 Dec 2002 12:06:12 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5397823 quote:
interspersed with cuss word punctuations.


Been there! Thanks Grumpy. I have gone through all of the uninstall and reinstall with APC support. They sent me a new cable, thinking that was the issue. NOT!

I'm really not too concerned that the software doesn't work, as long as the backup works. My main beef is that I didn't get what I paid for!

This thing is crazy. The only way it works is if I have the usb plugged connected and physically push the power button on the UPS. Everything starts up fine. As soon as I reboot or shutdown/restart. It either freezes at shutdown or at startup. It seems as though the PC doesn't go through the normal drive boot up sequence!

Mr.Fixit, sorry to jump into your thread!

-Steve]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5397823 Sat, 21 Dec 2002 11:54:50 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5397697 said by Grumpy4:
clicked on 'Owners Manual' icon, this caused the install to run. Doh!
And that's when the trouble started! ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5397697 Sat, 21 Dec 2002 11:38:51 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5397320 buy.apc.com/commerce/sto ··· eCode=en for my daughter's school computer. It pulls a 17" monitor with no problems. I think it's a real nice unit, and has a hot swap battery. If you're like me, and hardly read the manuals, the battery ships backwards and un-installed, but inside the unit. I had to connect the wires prior to charging.

Sirchief, her unit hooked up to the USB with no issues, and the software reports no problems, yet I never tested the shut down feature by pulling the power cord. She runs 98SE on an old Dell Optiplex with a 500 of 550? mhz cpu. Just a guess - I'm not a software engineer -- You might want to un-install the USB pieces from Windows if you're feeling brave. Maybe un-install other USB type softwares too, like memory card readers and so on. Windows should reinstall the USB pieces upon start up. Maybe then try to install the Powerchute piece first, and then whatever other USB softwares you might have. That UPS may want all the 'glory' of the USB, as it does quite a bit when power losses occur.

Know too, that following my computer advice sometimes leads to 3 or 4 hours of re-boot Hell, interspersed with cuss word punctuations. My USB memory card reader came with the world's worst software manual (PNY -whattaya expect) I finally got it all to work, but not by following the very wrong manual that came with it. For example, when I put in the PNY install disk, and clicked on 'Owners Manual' icon, this caused the install to run. Doh!




[text was edited by author 2002-12-21 10:59:35]]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5397320 Sat, 21 Dec 2002 10:46:06 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5397269
I recently had to buy a UPS for work, It is a Belkin 500 va box, but it can't pull a 19" monitor's start up load. I know I spec'd a little on the light side, but my work box is only a 1999 500 mhz cpu Dell. I'm a little disappointed that I can't pull that monitor. Maybe I'll bring the Belkin home, and get a different UPS for work.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5397269 Sat, 21 Dec 2002 10:37:09 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5397031 van]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5397031 Sat, 21 Dec 2002 09:57:38 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5396806
i have a few of these smaller UPS's in my home. i have a 350va running my alarm clock.(i can get 24+ hours) my PC and my monitor each have their own dedicated 500va units. i can get about ~15 minutes on the PC and ~10 on the monitor(19')

eventually when i switch to dual 19' TFT's, i'll be getting 30 minutes plus with the same UPS... gotta love the power mieser TFT's they rule!
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disclaimer: my opinions are my own, my employer is not responsible.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5396806 Sat, 21 Dec 2002 09:05:32 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5396767
:O)

though i need something bigger...4 min of backup....lol....
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How BIG did you say?? No not that Perv!! I meant your GHZ crunching fleet!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5396767 Sat, 21 Dec 2002 08:53:55 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5396662
I confirmed with APC that the equipment connected to the battery backup side of the unit will still benefit from the battery, I just won't have the graceful closing of programs etc.

Mark, like you, I do not leave things open when I'm not using the PC, so I was not concerned about the graceful shutdown.

-Steve]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5396662 Sat, 21 Dec 2002 08:29:16 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5392183 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5392183 Fri, 20 Dec 2002 19:28:41 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5391833
Bill
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Old dogs can learn new tricks!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5391833 Fri, 20 Dec 2002 18:50:35 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5391441 --
Deeds, not words]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5391441 Fri, 20 Dec 2002 18:05:45 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5386344 --
RED: Stands for hardiness and courage. WHITE: Is the symbol of purity and innocence. BLUE: Is the color of vigilance,perseverance and justice]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5386344 Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:40:00 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5385738
-Steve]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5385738 Fri, 20 Dec 2002 09:18:47 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5385684 said by sirchief:
Mark, can you keep us posted how it goes setting up the USB connection for the Powerchute software.

I bought one and can't get it to work. When I plug in the USB, my PC won't startup. If I plug in the USB with the PC on, then restart the APC, everything is fine. Until I try to shutdown. The PC won't shutdown with USB connected.

Anyway...can you let us know how you make out?

Thanks

Steve
will do!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5385684 Fri, 20 Dec 2002 09:10:01 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5385261
I bought one and can't get it to work. When I plug in the USB, my PC won't startup. If I plug in the USB with the PC on, then restart the APC, everything is fine. Until I try to shutdown. The PC won't shutdown with USB connected.

Anyway...can you let us know how you make out?

Thanks

Steve]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5385261 Fri, 20 Dec 2002 07:53:20 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5385165 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5385165 Fri, 20 Dec 2002 07:26:15 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5385037 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5385037 Fri, 20 Dec 2002 06:42:35 EDT Re: you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5385026 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-you-can-never-be-too-safe-5385026 Fri, 20 Dec 2002 06:37:54 EDT you can never be too safe.. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/you-can-never-be-too-safe-5384979 »buy.apc.com/commerce/sto ··· eCode=en

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