UPS go bye bye
May. 26th, 2004 11:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gizaWhen I woke up this morning, I saw that my computer (normally left on) had turned off. I turned it back on, saw that nothing was amiss with it, and went into work. When I came home in the evening, I decided to do a little more troubleshooting.
I figured that I should rule out the UPS, so I unplugged it. Then I watched as the power was cut to my equipment. Okay, so the UPS is the problem. I did some more testing, and it looks like after 4 years, the battery in it finally gave out. And the UPS only had a 2-year warranty. Bummer.
At this point, I had two options. I could replace the battery, which involved waiting a few days for it to arrive, or I could drive up to Microcenter and pick up a UPS from there. I did the latter, and it turned out to be the better chioce. I found a shiny new LS500 UPS from APC and picked that up.
I'm (obviously) back online, and the UPS is working out fine. I'm debating what to do with the old BackUPS 1000 I have now. I'm thinking about buying a replacement battery for it and plugging my TV and PlayStation 2 into it. It's geeky, but it'll also give me a second working UPS in case the new one ever goes bad.
Technology is fun.
I figured that I should rule out the UPS, so I unplugged it. Then I watched as the power was cut to my equipment. Okay, so the UPS is the problem. I did some more testing, and it looks like after 4 years, the battery in it finally gave out. And the UPS only had a 2-year warranty. Bummer.
At this point, I had two options. I could replace the battery, which involved waiting a few days for it to arrive, or I could drive up to Microcenter and pick up a UPS from there. I did the latter, and it turned out to be the better chioce. I found a shiny new LS500 UPS from APC and picked that up.
I'm (obviously) back online, and the UPS is working out fine. I'm debating what to do with the old BackUPS 1000 I have now. I'm thinking about buying a replacement battery for it and plugging my TV and PlayStation 2 into it. It's geeky, but it'll also give me a second working UPS in case the new one ever goes bad.
Technology is fun.