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Raphael Argus · 10-20-2007, 04:51 PM

Hi all,

I'm in the market for a battery back up unit. I just want something that in the event of a power failure will shut down my system within like a minute.
I'm currently looking at the 875VA model "Geek Squad" at Best Buy.

BestBuy.com - Search Results

A couple questions.

1. Do I have to use the software if running XP Pro? As I said above, I mainly want to use software to auto shut the system down if power goes out. I leave my PC on 24/7 and I'm not home a good deal of that time to manually shut it down.
2. Is this a decent unit? I only plan to plug the PC into the battery back up portion. E6750, 2GB, 8800GTS, 2 HDD's, Antec 650 True power Trio, Audigy 2ZS.

Any help is appreciated. I read the software for the above unit eats up memory so I prefer not to use it at all.

10-20-2007, 04:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Raphael Argus Ultra Techie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 531	UPS Battery Back-Up Hi all, I'm in the market for a battery back up unit. I just want something that in the event of a power failure will shut down my system within like a minute. I'm currently looking at the 875VA model "Geek Squad" at Best Buy. BestBuy.com - Search Results A couple questions. 1. Do I have to use the software if running XP Pro? As I said above, I mainly want to use software to auto shut the system down if power goes out. I leave my PC on 24/7 and I'm not home a good deal of that time to manually shut it down. 2. Is this a decent unit? I only plan to plug the PC into the battery back up portion. E6750, 2GB, 8800GTS, 2 HDD's, Antec 650 True power Trio, Audigy 2ZS. Any help is appreciated. I read the software for the above unit eats up memory so I prefer not to use it at all. __________________ E6750 @ 2.66 Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L 2GB XMS2 Corsair Ram Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Evga 8800GTS 640MB 250GB Western Digital SATA2 HDD 250GB Maxtor SATA1 HDD Antec Truepower Trio 650 watt PSU Cooler Master Centurion 5 case 20.1" Samsung 204B LCD Microsoft Keyboard Logitech MX518 Mouse Geek Squad 875VA Back-UP UPS Windows XP SP2