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Statux wrote: |
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>> This becomes a philosophical question but, shouldn't computers (hw and |
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>> sw) be thought to resist hard power outages as much as possible? |
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>> If UPS systems are the only feasible way to obtain it, why no one |
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>> thought to somehow include them inside desktop systems? |
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> I'm sure that they're out there but not in most applications. It's all |
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> about smaller and lighter now adays with electronics, but you could |
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> probably find a PSU and a UPS combined somewhere; not sure how big it |
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> would be or if it would fit within the ATX formfactor for desktop |
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> systems, though. Now, mounting something off the back of the case is |
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> another story... |
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> I'm getting too creative right now so I'll just stop :) |
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I'm thinking you could make the capacitors on the high voltage side MUCH |
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larger so it would last longer. It would still have to be a fast |
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shutdown though. Something like shutdown -h -t -5 minutes ago. LOL |
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The only thing about that is charging them when you first turn on the |
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computer. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |