Hello Steve, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 2:54:33 PM, you wrote:
> Perfect answer 'Joe' ;-). I was looking for someone with real-life > experience and except for the number of computers, you are doing what > I'd thought I could do and now know that it works. (wait a minute, what > did he say?). > I was looking at an APC was was somewhere around 890 watts, which I was > sure would be able to run both computers for long enough to have one > manually shut down and the other automatically. > Each computer has a different power supply, which may have been key in > why one lost a hard drive. It had an off-the-BB-shelf Antec supply. > The other has a Black Widow. > Anyways, a UPC should reduce any potential problems. > Anybody ever hear of how the 'Geek Squad' brand of UPC works or who > makes them. Not much of a bargain in price and I don't really look at > products named after 'six-week' wonders. Thanks, I cannot speak to that brand but I can tell you this. I probably won't buy APC for myself again. When these units fail, I am getting Tripplite products to replace. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..."