Does your UPS works good???? how long it stands after power failure????

I don't have a system at home. I only come to net whenever am privileged. I work in a cyber cafe. Thanks

It has been 4 years since now when we purchased pc along with the ups. There were many crashes and many formats. But ups was all alone which was never affected by such things. But nowadays, I think, it has lost the power to supply that emergency power up which can enable us to shutdown the pc properly. Some days before it was taking its last breath by making sounds time and again without any fluctuation in the power supply. I think the battery was completely gone. So, for the time being I have put the mains to the switch board directly and unplugged it from the ups. But its safer to work with a ups on hand.

A UPS is similar to car insurance: you need to have it, but hope you never have to use it. Like an automobile, a computer is an expensive investment you want to protect. In the event of a blackout, a UPS instantly switches your computer to emergency battery backup power and lets you work through brief power outages without losing data or experiencing other damaging effects. These can include hardware degradation, keyboard lockup and motherboard damage. A UPS protects your system from the following power problems: * Power transients — brief surges in voltage caused by lightning strikes or when electricity-hoarding appliances (like air conditioners and copiers) are turned off * Spikes — instantaneous increases in voltage caused by lightning or overloaded power grids * Brownouts — a reduction of your incoming voltage * Power failure — a complete interruption of electrical power * Line noise — interference from electrical appliances All of these power problems can damage your desktop and corrupt data. A UPS will provide power to keep your system running, giving you the chance to save valuable data and shut down your system properly. Some models even include software that automatically saves and shuts down your files..

Is the battery in the UPS working? Also depends on the type of UPS you have. Most allow about 15 minutes or so to allow a proper shutdown, especially for servers. Not sure if you are aware there are certain startup procedures to ensure the UPS will work if there is a power shutoff. We had this experiment done when someone claims UPS we bought were not working. It works fine after we establish the right procedures.

I'm sorry to hear it. My laptop has just bought for half a year. So I could say it all works good now. There's nothing wrong with it. I hope you'll find a better way to solve it soon. Have a nice day! :)

my ups is great, stands for 1:05 hours, after the power is out. but good thing i live in an apartment, it never shuts off.