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XS 900 - Incorrectly Reporting Battery

I've been using an XS 900 for a while and it's worked pretty well. However, in recent months I've added too much to it and didn't watch my wattage, effectively overrunning its on-battery output. Combin...
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Is ES700VA enough for my workstation... ?

Hi all, I tried using the UPS selector on this website but it's not quite working for me so thought would post the usual question here. 🙂 Basically I'm looking at the ES700VA UPS. My pc is an i5 760 ...
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Is APC working on a new UPS made specific for A-PFC PSUs?

Well, since Cyberpower released its PFCLCD UPS series made for power supplies with Active PFC, people are wondering if APC other manufactures will follow Cyberpower's path. I myself am very curious if ...
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No Energy Management Option on Powerchute Personal Edition Version 3

Having finally got this version to install on my Windows 7 32-bit Home Edition system I was disappointed to find there was no 'Energy Management' option on the Configuration section as I had expected a...
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Back-UPS XS 900

We recently had remodeling done to our home office. We had to take our PCs and the UPSes they were connected to off-line for a couple weeks. One of the UPSes - APC BX900R was powered off with the butto...
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BX 1500 Overload Issue only on batterys - What to replace?

I have a RS1500 workstation ups (BX1500) that is about 5 years old. It has been working great until recently when we had a thunderstorm and it stopped working and shut down. When i tried to power it up...
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Back-ups XS BX1500G switches to battery and shuts off when USB cable c...

PC: Dell PE1800 server OS: Ubuntu 7.04 Management SW: apcupsd UPS Model: BX1500G UPS Load: 18-20% Estimated Run Time: 33min I've got a new Back-ups XS BX1500G. I've gotten the 'apcupsd' software in Lin...
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URGENT: XS1200 flashing "Overload" LED

Warning, a bit long. If some of this seems a bit disjointed, please forgive me, I'm on some very strong painkillers. My Office Depot house brand UPS ("Ativa", a rebranded APC unit) has been experiencin...
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PCPE 3.1 release date?

Hello, When can we expect PCPE 3.1 to be released for Windows 7? Thanks.
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apc back-ups xs 900 fan

Since day 1 that I purchased this item, the fan has run constantly. There was a thread on this before that was left unresolved and locked earlier. I wanted to see if anyone came to a resolution about t...
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APC PowerChute prompts UAC on every boot.

As title. Obviously I don't want to disable UAC neither to elevate all software privilegies without prompting me. Is there another solution to this problem? Why APC isn't release a bug fix yet? Thanks....
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