[nemo]

Originally Posted by Xist

Hey, what are you supposed to expect from a UPS? It seems like mine starts beeping as soon as I lose power and doesn't give me enough time to shut down my desktop. I remember needing to unplug my computer and plug it into an outlet six feet away.

It didn't make it.

I woke up 20-30 minutes ago to the UPS beeping. I really didn't want to get up, but that was the responsible thing, right? I looked for my glasses for a moment, gave up, woke up my desktop, closed a couple of programs, and the UPS died.

I wonder if I could have closed everything had I found my glasses right away and could read the screen without getting 4" away.

No integrate shutdown triggered by the ups?