Re: X config damaged by power failure

["Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel infinity-ltd com>]

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> I've had a UPS for at least the last 5 years (not the same one) since
> power here is iffy even at the best of times. At the moment I use an APC
> 1KVA unit. Unfortunately for reasons I can't quite fathom my machine
> still doesn't survive power outages even though the other stuff on the
> UPS (monitor, DSL modem, router, printer) all do. I've checked the earth
> (ground) connection and it looks OK, and the UPS light shows green, i.e.
> all OK. The UPS is only a year old so it can't be the battery.
>
> poc
It could be the time it take to switch between line power and 
battery. It tends to be more common with fully loaded power 
supplies. There is not enough reserve in the filter caps or 
something to carry over the loss of a cycle or two. A UPS that will 
also compensate for line voltage tends to have less of a problem 
with this because there isn't the abrupt changeover.

Mikkel
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