Common in mobo's for a while now. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Close Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 12:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] [OT] UPS's and 24x7 MythBoxen...
On 7/27/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 11:18:58AM -0500, Andrew Close wrote: > > so, i was wondering what types of UPS systems are other MythUsers > > using? and what would you recommend? > > I am using an APC "Back-UPS ES 725". It talks to the Linux box via > USB cable so that the box is always aware of the UPS battery capacity > and will automatically perform an orderly shutdown when the batteries > reach 5% remaining capacity or the UPS says there is only 3 minutes left. > When line power is back, the UPS automatically turns itself back on > when the batteries reach 15% charge, and the BIOS in my computer is > set to turn on when power is restored. sweet, that sounds like what i'm looking for! is turning the computer back on a common option in newer BIOS's? or is it something that i have to look for specifically when buying a new MoBo? are there any specific kernel modules you need compiled in for this to work (APC)? thanks, andy _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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