Re: UPS recommendations

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On Mar 3, 11:25 am, krw <k...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:19:04 -0700, Jim Thompson



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On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:12:36 -0600, krw <k...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:47:44 -0700, Jim Thompson
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On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:45:31 -0600, krw <k...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:52:22 GMT, n...@xxxxxxxxxxx (Nico Coesel)
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"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

westom wrote:

On Feb 28, 2:58 pm, Rich Grise <r...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So, anybody got a recommendation for one that's truly uninterruptible -
I don't want to depend on the copmputer's capacitors, and could supply
two computers long enough to save everything and shut down?

  Just another reason for a laptop computer.

  When I can get a laptop with a 22 inch monitor, decent speakers, a
laser printer and a flatbed scanner, I'll consider it.  Until then I'll
use a UPS with each desktop computer.

Get a laptop with a decent DVI output and connect a 22" monitor to it.
You can use a laptop just like a desktop machine.

If I'm docked, my laptop gets al strung out when the power fails.  USB
gets royally hosed so it loses the external mouse and keyboard.  It
has to be shut down, battery removed, and then restarted for
everything to work again.  As often as it happens now, a UPS is high
on the priorities.

What brand?

ThinkPad T60.

I have a Lenovo ThinkPad X61s with docking station.  I've not
experienced a power failure, but I'm puzzled... it sounds like the
docking station lost it's mind???

Or do you have the mouse directly via the ThinkPad?

Both are plugged into the Advanced Docking station.  My T60 worked
fine (this is actually a T61).  What's really strange is that I have
to pull the batteries out of the TP before I can power it back on.


Do you have the same problem if you bypass the docking station, plug
the monitor directly to the laptop, then pull the power plug?

Laptop doesn't have a DVI port, but no. I think it's an
interaction between the dock and the laptop that's the problem.

At work we have docking stations for our laptops, but mine had a
defect - it gives wavy lines on my monitor that gave me a headache.
Rather than deal with our IT department for a replacement I bypassed
the docking station and plugged everything (monitor cable, mouse,
keyboard, power, Cat5) directly into the laptop. (Gateway something-
or-other).

Kinda defeats the purpose of the dock, no?

I just pulled the plug just now, computer still works.

Cheap, fast solution.

Like all cheap, fast, solutions... ;-)



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