[ale] PC Power Problems

[Jeff Hubbs]

> Check your UPS by pulling the plug while the computers are on and
> see if the systems go down.

BUT NOT BOOTED, i.e., put them in a power-down-safe state!

> As well, when we had another system that was too large a load, this
> would happen.

His problem seemed to be mysterious ON state, not OFF state - in soft-off,
the machines should be drawing only ~1-3W or maybe less.  

> As well, do you have a laser printer plugged into the UPS? Unless you
> have a Very large UPS don't plug them into it.

APC's docs say no laser printer on anything less than a 1400 model, IIRC.


- Jeff 
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