I typically leave my Mac Pro turned on around the clock and everything is hooked up to an APS battery backup system. Over the last several months I've had a problem where I will go to the computer and it has shut down and the APS power is off. I then turn the APS back on and when I hit the power button on the computer it trips the APS off again. I have to do this several times and sometimes unplug/replug the APS before I can get it to hold power and allow the computer to turn on. Any ideas what may be causing this?
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APS Backup Problem
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Well, to me at least, you either are -
A) Going to need a new APS unit as the battery is starting to go bad.
B) putting too much load on the APS
There could be other options, but I can't really think of anything else ATM. It would also be helpful to provide a model of APS, age of model, and everything that is atached to the model, just to get a clearer idea.
A) Going to need a new APS unit as the battery is starting to go bad.
B) putting too much load on the APS
There could be other options, but I can't really think of anything else ATM. It would also be helpful to provide a model of APS, age of model, and everything that is atached to the model, just to get a clearer idea.
It maters what is plugged into it. A computer, monitor and a printer should work fine but is there any other stuff plugged in
Printers might even be a problem. Mine for example, can suck down just over 500W when being used.It maters what is plugged into it. A computer, monitor and a printer should work fine but is there any other stuff plugged in
20W on idle. BIG difference. To the OP, could you give the exact APC you're using, and the devices plugged in (model numbers may really help)?
Hopefully it is just an inkjet printer. I'm pretty sure it is recommended to NOT plug laser printers into a UPS.
For multi copy forms (yellow, gold, pink,...), they're still perfect.How about dot-matrix printers? Like anybody uses those anymore
But for single sheet printing, not these days. The faster performance, improved resolution, and quieter sound levels of laser has me spoiled.
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Stuck in my head
Well, for multi-sheet printing like how I do it, it rocks. Basically, a whole bunch of control numbers and information past that - easy to skim And yes, there is no way to save it as a .doc or otherwise (printing an updated database, FYI, on an OS probably older then I am)
EDIT- By the way, when I said
Stuck in my head
Well, for multi-sheet printing like how I do it, it rocks. Basically, a whole bunch of control numbers and information past that - easy to skim
And yes, there is no way to save it as a .doc or otherwise (printing an updated database, FYI, on an OS probably older then I am)EDIT- By the way, when I said
It was in the context of power draw on the APC, lol.
How about dot-matrix printers? Like anybody uses those anymore
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