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RS-800 constantly switching to battery

Hey everybody, I've got a problem with my RS-800 (230V, 2004 model). At the beginning, an ethernet switch, an AP and a home server were connected to it, about 150 watts max in total. In spring 2009 I h...
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LED alternating green/amber with 2 short beeps every 2 seconds!!

I have the BE650Y-IN model, using it for last 2.5 years. It was working fine till yesterday when the led lights started alternating amber and green giving out 2 short beeps every 2 seconds. I am able t...
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Can't unistall Powerchute 1.5 on Windows Vista, to install 2.1.1

I bought a UPS 350 three years ago. It came with Powerchute 1.5. The unit recently stopped working. Today I bought the UPS 750 with Powerchute 2.2.1. My dell computer had/has Windows Vista. I've tried...
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How to uninstall PowerChute from Mac running 10.6

Someone installed PowerChute Personal Edition on one of our Macs running OS X 10.6. I'm trying to figure out how to uninstall it. APC's knowledge base article 2998 says to download version 1.3.2 and ru...
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Computer still shuts down

I have recently purchased two APC Back-UPS ES systems, a 550 and 750. Both are fully charged and seem to be working correctly however they are not always preventing my computer from shutting down if th...
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Surge Protector/ PDU for different kind of power adapters??

How you guys solving the problem of connecting VPN router power adapters, other access control system, fiber optic modem adapters to UPS? because all of them have different power outlet?! At the moment...
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Problems with AVR LE1200

Hi all, I am very new to AVR and UPS. Recently I bought a LE1200 for my PC. It worked fine for 3 days then it just refuse to turn on. Initially I thought it was faulty but then I found out it only woul...
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Is my battery truly bad?

I have the APC Back-UPS XS 900 Which is virtually identical to the BX900R. Used almost 2 years. Very few power outages & those few were 1 minute or less. I wonder if my battery can really be bad s...
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need help picking the right APC for me... HELP

HI- I am new to this back up power... we loose power alot in our new house during storms because we are on the top of a mountain... I would like something that really lasts for a long time and could po...
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APC and PC connected both turn off suddenly

Got a small server connected to a APC Back-UPS BR1000; both the server and unit just shut down throughout the day. I have tried changing the APC unit to a different model and the same thing happens. Bo...
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PowerChute Personal Edition for windows 7 ???

I have just got my new Back-UPS RS800 with software for Windows Vista but I have Windows 7. Does anylone know if you can use the Vista version or where you can download for 7? Message was edited by: Vi...
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