<VV> Re: PCs and power

[Frank DuVal]

   So you don't wear bifocals?
   I  don't  like the crick in the neck from straining to read the laptop
   screen. I need a screen at a far distance, but I need to type close to
   me.
   Hate having no number keypad. I do a lot of number entry.
   But, the desktop is hard to carry through airport security!
   Frank DuVal
   [1]Thesuperscribe at cs.com wrote:

Guys,

A UPS (delivered by UPS?) is one way to handle a spikey and intermittant
power situation. Another is to chuck the whole desktop PC and its mess of cable
s
and ports that you can't get at without pulling the thing out or tipping it
forward. Chuck it and get a good laptop. Its built-in battery will run the thin
g
for several hours without power. Plug it in through a surge protector (which
you' should do anyway) and you're safe. And you're good to go, at home and away

'cause you can easily take it with you.

Moderately priced laptops (under $1,000) these days come with a DVD/CD player
and burner, big-capacity harddrive, and about everything else you'd need. I
converted from a desktop to a laptop about three years ago and would NEVER go
back.

--Tom Berg

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In a message dated 9/7/2007 1:43:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[2]virtualvairs-request at corvair.org writes:


Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:51:22 -0400
From: Bill Elliott [3]<corvair at fnader.com>
Subject: Re: <VV> computer geek help (no corvair)
To: [4]airvair at earthlink.net, Virtual Vairs [5]<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Message-ID: [6]<46E1494A.4000402 at fnader.com>
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You didn't mention potential power spikes. Living here in rural MD, I
found my power fluctuated enough daily to drop my computer (and certain
sensitive digital clocks, but not others!) a couple times a day,
particularly in the summer. A $100 UPS (uninterrupted power supply)
completely solved this for me... and I still hear the "alarm" that it's
kicking in almost once daily. It also "smooths" out the power supply to
the PC.

I have a larger 800 unit (running my PC, monitor, wireless hub, router,
and cable modem), but this is all you'd need for a  basic pc and monitor:

[7]http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7424575&st=apc&type=product&
id=1122655672527

Bill


Mark Corbin wrote:



Thanks to all who volunteered help with my intermittant computer problem.
Got quite a few responses, and enough advice that I have a good idea where
to start. Anything with electrical problems is sometimes like nailing jello
to a tree.

Anyway, the first thing that quite a few suggested was to check the power
supply. I'm not sure what supply the builder used, so that's a good place
to start. I DO know that he used a "supposedly" good brand new motherboard
and latest available processor, along with a new case. And since the
problem can happen even on a cold startup as well as after hours of
running, I don't think it's a heat-related problem.

As it stands, the computer has all the capabilities and components I can
think of ever using. It has a DVD reader, DVD burner (all formats), 250 zip
drive, floppy drive, multiple 2.0 USB ports (all the above internal), and
an external printer. It's an otherwise top-notch machine all around. Why
spend more money with an off-the-rack machine that probably doesn't have
the equipment or performance capabilities that this one has?

What I AM stuck with is a sometimes backwoods power supply company, and
being extremely rural, it's prone to power spikes and drops. So there's
another possible problem area. And since I'm this far back in the sticks,
that's why I'm stuck with yesterday's connections (dial-up), unless I can
spend a fortune every month for satellite or Time/Worthless cable service.

But there were also other suggestions that are good possibilities as well.
Again, thanks to all for the help.

-Mark



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