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230V Surge Protectors for the brazilian market

Hi! I'm from Brazil and have been using APC products for two years now. I own two APC UPSes, I'm on the third unit now and I have one SurgeArrest Perfomance 11 outlets that I had to import because it's...
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Back-UPS ES 550 no taskbar icon

Model: Back-UPS ES 550 Serial number: *************** Firmware revision: 840.B2.D USB firmware revision: B2 Result of last manual self-test: Not Recorded Last manual self-test date: Not Recorded Last b...
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Which UPS better fits my needs??

Probably this question has been answered several times already .... I need an UPS system to maintain power to my VoIP in case of black out. I have tried to “UPS selector – Configure by load” tool but r...
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BE550R shorted out system

We just bought a brand new BE550R (deciding to upgrade from an older 500VA APC) & when we plugged the computer into the battery backup, it sparked & now the system won't even POST. When you plu...
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BE750G Randomly Drops Communication with PC. Event Log Posted

I purchased a BE750G last week, and it has been working beautifully except for the fact that it will randomly drop communication with the PC for a few seconds at a time. I dont have to be anywhere near...
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Back-UPS XS900 Fan Problems (Urgent)

Hello, I recently purchased two new XS900s from my local electronics store... After several days of use, I noticed that the fans on BOTH units were running all the time... According to PowerChute Pers...
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ES 350 and does not work on Mac?

I have a Mac OSx 10.5 and the shutdown software PowerChute says it only supports up to 10.4 ! So does anyone have any information on updates? Should I not install this software? Should I return the APC...
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Computer freezes since installing UPS

I bought the Back-UPS BX1300 and I have been having Problems with the Computer freezing since. I have been in touch with the Support team and have uninstalled the Program that comes with it and downloa...
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LS 700 still beeping with new battery

I recently replaced the battery in my BackUPS LS700. It's about 2 years old and it was beeping constantly. So after replacing the battery, I thought the beeping would stop. It didn't. And since it's co...
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BE550R cannot communicate with battery backup

When I do not use the PC for some hours, then there is a balloon near the task bar that says "cannot communicate with the battery backup":. But when I open Parachute Personal it shows that everythng is...
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cannot uninstall v1.5 or install v2.1.1

I had a PC running windows xp with BE350R and personal powerchute v1.5. Now I bought a new PC runnning windows vista home premium. I loaded Powerchute Personal v1.5 onto the vista machine. I'm not sure...
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