On Saturday 06 Dec 2003 12:07 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > >On Saturday 06 Dec 2003 1:57 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > >>John: > >>It might be a good time to consider a good UPS, too. > > > >Agreed - I use one on my box. However, the only ones that do a > > tidy shutdown, as far as I can see, are the APC ones, and > > unfortunately they are rather expensive. > > > >Anne > > Yes I know, it's going to have to be a whole bunch of surge > protectors on all my computers.I will have to start looking at a > deal (I need at least 4), but as for an UPS I just don't come > across them here in Emgland, I haven't seen one on display > anywhere. The only examples I have found were on foreign websites > and way too much cost for me, and in anycase they will not deliver > to UK. > > I think ET asked for a picture of the replacement geforce fan I > fitted. Turns out I don't need it as the old temperature controlled > fan still works when it gets the correct voltage supplied to it. > > I could do with nice cheap volt meter that works well with low > fortages, but haven't seen one lately. > CCL do a range of UPSs, but they don't have the controlled shutdown. Still, I ran for a couple of years on a UPS that had very little battery power left - no shutdown possible, but it certainly helped me keep my system stable.
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