go to the web site apcc.com yes they are very common, ( even in Australia)
they come with a 2 year replacement warranty. iv'e blown up 8 in 3 years, and here i'm on REAL dirty power. but they are covering about 100,000 US$ of computer equipment. well worth the money. steve > From: Paul Shand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(SuperMacs List) > Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 21:32:01 +1000 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(SuperMacs List) > Subject: Re: [SM] Power supply blown again > > Good talk. What is APC? Are they very common? What are the initials > for? In Australia we have very dirty and unreliable power due to some > unknown reason. Have you heard of the "she'll be right attitude". > Well that is the reason. > > I am a Scottish NZ/Australian and take more care than most to play it > safe but can't control the infrastructure or lack of it. > > I can't wait to see me old UMAX up and running again. I bought it new > and it was my first computer. I don't care much for X. It does > nothing that 9.1 could not do for the average bear and for audio is a > beauty when it runs. Like with a Power Supply. There is life in the > old dog yet. > > One thing I wish I had never tried, and that was to put X on it. It > would not take to my machine in any way shape or form. That was thanks > to the CD ROM Matsushita and the video card Formac Proformance 3 and > whole host of other reasons. > > I really admire the guys on the list who managed to get it going. > > Now I know. > On Thursday, October 17, 2002, at 06:17 PM, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I'll also attest to the value of power stabilization. >> >> I may have mentioned it here already but.... >> >> One of our friends had so many problems with their 680x0 machine that >> we finally got tired of playing tech support and gave them an >> indefinite loan of my wife's PowerCenter 150 (when she got a G3), >> which had been near perfectly stable at our place. >> >> Within a few weeks *that* machine started having similar problems. >> Odd crashes and such. We'd bring it back up here, run Norton and/or >> TechTool and/or DiskWarrior, pronounce it cured, and send it back >> with them. Lather, rinse, repeat... >> >> They weren't doing much besides using Eudora and Netscape. Much less >> than my wife, who does web development,etc. >> >> After some head scratching, we put them on a little APC unit - just >> enough to give them 5 min or so to shut down gracefully in the event >> of a power outage. We were entering heavy lightning season anyway, so >> it wasn't too hard a sell. >> >> Problem solved. >> >> >> >>> That is interesting, do you continue to use it through to this day? >>> >>> PS >>> >>> On Wednesday, October 16, 2002, at 10:19 PM, Alan Kim wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Paul Shand wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Not again. Replacement Power Supply blew after eighteen months. >>>>> Hey >>>>> who had the url for the Adaptor for the ATX 300W upgrade for the >>>>> S900. >>>>> >>>>> I wonder if the 8500 and 9500s ever blew a supply twice in the same >>>>> machine in the same eighteen months? >>>> >>>> -------- >>>> >>>> Very strange.... >>>> When I bought my S900 new (ouch), I forked out additional money >>>> ($250) >>>> for the APC BackUPS pro-650, which offers voltage stabilization. >>>> I've never had any power supply related problems with any of my >>>> components connected to the power supply. >>>> >>>> Alan >>>> >>>> >> >> -- >> Bill Christensen >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Green Building Professionals Directory: >> http://directory.greenbuilder.com >> Sustainable Building Calendar: http://www.greenbuilder.com/calendar/ >> Green Real Estate: http://www.greenbuilder.com/realestate/ >> Straw Bale Registry: http://sbregistry.greenbuilder.com/ >> >> -- >> SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... >> >> Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished >> Drives | >> Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! >> | >> >> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> >> >> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> >> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; >> Send list messages to: <mailto:supermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> >> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:supermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> >> For digest mode, email: <mailto:supermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> >> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> >> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> >> >> Using a Mac? 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