With ESX 3.X it was possible to use APC's PowerChute to shutdown the hypervisor when there is a power failure. However, because there is no service console in ESXi 3.5, I'm wondering how to do...
Have Dell GX520 and starting last week it will only stay on for about 5 minutes and then it shuts down and the front power button is blinking amber. In order to re-start the computer you need ...
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I'm trying to use PowerChute Network Shutdown to shut down running VM's and power off the host in the event of a power failure. I'm using ESX 3.5U2 and PowerChute Network Shutdown pcns-...
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We are setting up a new office, and we have an old UPS which no longer fits our requirements. I have 3 PowerEdge 2950's, 1 PE 2850, 1 PE 1850, 2 PE SC1420, and I want to spec a UPS that...
I disconnected my PC to rearrange my computer room. After reconnecting, computer will not power up. There is a green light behind the power supply and it blinks. Even when I unplug the power c...
Hi. I had to repair my boy's 5 yr old PC Intel Pentium 1.9 GHz with Intel 845GEBV2 motherboard after the computer failed to boot into windows and remained at the dos screens. I bought him a ne...
I need to make an inverter of 2500 watt or 5000 watt capacity for my project. After a lot of search, I was only able to make a working 500 watt inverter. Can someone tell me how to upgrade it ...
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I'm looking for a small solution for remote power mangement and UPS.
My current setup is my server, router, monitor and external hard drive.
I would like a UPS / Remote ...
We have an APC SMART-UPS 1000 battery backup that gives a "discharged battery" and "Insufficient runtime available" error. We bought new batteries for it and replaced them. After the new bat...
I am looking for a 300 watt supply or better to put in a Dell Optiplex 745 small form factor PC that I'm looking to buy.I want to be able to run a Visiontek Radeon HD 2600 XT video card that w...
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I need to calculate the approximate power usage of a number of PCs in an office, so that an UPS solution can be looked at.
I believe the calculation would be [total wattage of device...
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My APC RS1000 has an internal fault and needs to be replaced. What I am curious about is how Belkin and CyberPower compare to APC. Interestingly enough, it appears that my APC only sup...
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I have a PC that will not turn on. Yesterday I was at my computer and a lighting storm was coming through (hear me out!). It was getting bad so I decided to shut down and unplug t...
This seems to be a very strange problem and it has been going on for sometime, I would not be surprised if the problem is the wiring in my home because I live in a college town where the homes...
The machine will not power on, there are no beeps, no power to the fan in the power supply or in the case when the power button is pressed.
I jumpered the power supply and the fan for the p...
I have an Antec 380W Power Supply that I think is dead. I have an Apple computer that had a dead power supply, and Apple provide's info on exactly what to touch what to, and I was able to dete...
I have Dell Dimesion 5100 which one day stopped turning on. To troubleshoot the issue I have tried quite a few things such as disconnecting all extra cards, memory etc without any difference. ...
This Gateway model has a power supply that I have not been able to match against the various form factors I know of. It does not match the various standard form factors I know of including AT...
I have some expensive servers that process very large log files. These are not typical servers with attached users or critical data - these servers are just dumb processing engines. Each of th...
My computer shows low battery at 6%. Will work when plugged in but it will not charge the battery, which remains at 6%, does not increase or decrease its charge. I can use it when plugged with...
I have a self-built PC using an ABIT-KN8 SLI mother board. The PC became intermittent as to whether it would start or not and now it doesn't start at all. I follwed some advice from previous p...
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I have a APC UPS we just got and would like to buy a Network Management Card for it but I have a question before I do.
We would like to install the agent on all our servers and ...
I just recently repalced the abtteries in two APC Smart UPS 1550 RM units.
One unit has a red light lit up under the icon of a battery with an x on it, it also has the green battery bar com...
4 year old Dell 4600c (compact chassis) came with a 160W supply. I'd like to replace it with a >250W supply to run a new graphics card. Can't find anything on the dell support site about put...
My abit motherboard requires an ATX 24 Pin Power Connector and an ATX 12V 4-Pin Power Connector (CPU Power). I have an Ultra 600 Watt ATX Power Supply Model # ULT-XF600 witch has a 24 Pin Powe...
