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| Author: | borgednow [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | brownouts and more ramblings |
My MBE shutdown on me yesterday. I'd somehow caused it to shutdown while editing a recording. Not a big deal, but freaked me out a bit. Today, the darn thing was off entirely. I was all ready to start believing I'd left a short in the machine even though it's been running perfectly for a couple weeks, but when I ran downstairs to restart the sbe's backend, I discovered the SBE was off too. Weirdly, two OTHER computers in the house were perfectly fine. They'd been running all night without a problem. Not linux machines, and actually older boxes. I'm guessing there was a power spike that the new boxes didn't like, but the old machines just ignored. Bloody cruddy power around this neighborhood. I can't wait until I can install a Mr. Fusion in the basement and get off the grid. If anyone asks about the weird glows coming from my basement windows, I'll just smile mysteriously. |
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| Author: | Martian [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:20 pm ] |
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I'm a firm believer in having a UPS on any computer! Any Myth box not running behind a UPS is on borrowed time in my opinion. Martian |
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| Author: | tjc [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:43 pm ] |
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Seriously. Spend a couple weeks watching the Staples, or Office Depot, or Office Maxx, or CompUSA, or Circuit City, or ... circulars or a shopping site like http://hotdealsclub.com/cat/59/ or ... and when one of your local office supply places has these for $40 go buy 2 of them. http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getp ... a0acead4e9 It'll be the best hardware investment you ever make. |
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| Author: | borgednow [ Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:09 am ] |
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Ya know, I have an APC battery backup. I was living in my previous house, never really had power problems there, but when I put a new machine together, I decided to splurge on the battery backup. It was fine for a while. Later, after moving, I bought a newer machine from a local computer shop. I started seeing problems. Power supplies dying. Motherboard frying. Regularly. Then last year, the darn computer would start to randomly shut down. At first once a month. Then it was several times a week. I took it off the battery backup. My computer hasn't had a hiccup since. Well, ok it did have 2 bsod's, but it's been off the battery backup for 8 months. But the computer hasn't randomly died, and the power supply has been much happier. Maybe it was just a run of bad power supplies. Maybe I had a less than quality battery backup. I don't know. |
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| Author: | mjl [ Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:08 pm ] |
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Hi, I would suspect the battery is in need of replacement. Most decent ups devices do a self check (switches to battery for a few moments) on a loose schedule and if the battery is tired, well you can guess what occurs next 
Also if the incomming power goes excessive it will switch to battery mode and that is harder to detect. Then you have fight with the electric company for a few days to have resolved. But definetly want to use ups if you can...they are real savers! Mike |
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