Re: Power surge safety

From: David Candy (.)
Date: 02/22/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:30:40 +1100

Just need drivers (so windows and the UPS can talk to each other). Windows supports UPS. 

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"Happy" <happy@trial.ca> wrote in message news:mTwSd.6637$oh4.259404@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> These are a bunch of great solutions! After the past problems I have had, I 
> am going to be safe as well. But, do you mean you mean you unplug every 
> nite, or just when there is a storm in the area?
> I will check the BIOS, I think that's why I lost the last one, a series of 
> off & on in a short space of time.
> Any suggestions on software for use with a UPS?
> "Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:eZfFs8HGFHA.3596@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> In news:1JpSd.6383$oh4.247600@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca,
>> Happy <happy@trial.ca> had this to say:
>>
>>
>>> What is the best way to prevent against power surge problems?
>>> (obviously the first is to have the proper surge protector, and use
>>> it properly)
>>> Is it better to shut off your computer, put it in hibernate, put it
>>> in stand by, or leave on? What are the risks?
>>> I have lost two computers in the last 5 years, and want to avoid a
>>> repeat.
>>
>> In addition to all the other valid information given you should consider
>> replacing your surge protector every once in a while. MOST surge 
>> protection
>> devices have a light on them that make you think they are working. 
>> However,
>> after a single surge the protection offered by the device is minimal if 
>> any
>> yet the light will remain on and be happy to allow you to think that 
>> you're
>> still protected. It's been my best interest, since days of yore, to not
>> worry about expense and to use both a UPS and a surge protector. I've 
>> never
>> lost a computer to a power surge though I've replaced a number of
>> motherboards and chips with funny burnt ion smells that other people have
>> brought by. I buy the best protection I can at the place I'm shopping and
>> worry about the price later. $150 is a small price to pay to keep a $2500
>> custom PC protected. Often times I'll cheat and put the surge protector on
>> one side of the UPS and one on the other end where the power leaves prior 
>> to
>> going into my computer. A bit much? Probably but I can't think of any good
>> reason to not do so.
>>
>> Galen
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>> "My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
>> the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
>> in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
>> stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
>> mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes
>>
>>
>> 
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