- Dec 5, 2011
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So..l something weird happened. I fired up my computer last night, started Everquest Landmark and started to hear a steady beep that I thought was an overheating alarm. I started to fiddle with the game's settings, lowering them all to the lowest level, but still the alarm sounded until my pc suddenly shut down. The alarm still sounded. I unplugged the CPU and opened the side panel, setting a small fan nearby. Still the alarm sounded. I took out the bios battery. Still the alarm sounded. That's when I realized it wasn't my computer that was making the alarm, but my UPS. I can run Starcraft 2 on all ultra with no problem, same with Skyrim. I experimented with Landmark and figured out that if I didn't maximize the window, but shrunk it down, the UPS operated as normal and didn't alarm and shut down. Could it be that the game, still in its beta mind you, was requiring more power than any other program and put a strain on the UPS triggering it to go into battery shut down mode?
PC specs:
Processor -- 1 x AMD FX-9370 CPU (8x 4.40GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
Processor Cooling -- 1 x Corsair Hydro Series H60 Liquid CPU Cooling System - ARC
Dual Silent High Performance Fan Upgrade (Push-Pull Airflow)
Memory -- 1 x 16 GB [8 GB x2] DDR3-1866 Memory Module
Video Card -- 1 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 - 4GB - Single Card
Motherboard -- 1 x ASRock 990FX Extreme9 -- AMD 990FX w/ 4x
PCI-E 2.0 x16, 2x eSATA3, 8x USB 3.0
Power Supply -- 1 x Corsair RM850 80 Plus Gold, Full Modular
Primary Hard Drive -- 1 x 128 GB SanDisk SATA III 6.0Gb/s SSD -
490 MB/s Read & 350 MB/s - Single Drive
Data Hard Drive -- 1 x Western Digital Green 1 terabyte HDD
Optical Drive -- 1 x LG Blu-ray Reader Combo Drive
Sound Card -- 1 x 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
Network Card -- x Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)
Operating System -- 1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Monitor -- AOC POS 23"
2nd Monitor -- AOC POS 23"
Speaker System -- Bose PC speakers
UPC Specs:
Cyberpower 825AVR (Which I just now learned is discontinued)
UPS Technology -- on-line
Supported Battery Technology -- lead acid
Input Voltage Range -- AC 85 - 150 V
Frequency Required -- 57 - 63 Hz
Input Connector(s) -- 1 x power
Power Output Connectors Details -- 3 x power ( surge )
3 x power ( UPS and surge )
Output Voltage -- AC 120 V ± 5% ( 60 Hz )
Power Capacity -- 825 VA
Dataline Surge Protection -- Network/phone line - RJ-45/RJ-11
Surge Suppression -- yes
Surge Energy Rating -- 1260 Joules
Circuit Protection -- circuit breaker
I've had the UPS for about three or four years now, so I'm pretty sure it's probably struggling just to keep up with my rig and needs replacing.
PC specs:
Processor -- 1 x AMD FX-9370 CPU (8x 4.40GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
Processor Cooling -- 1 x Corsair Hydro Series H60 Liquid CPU Cooling System - ARC
Dual Silent High Performance Fan Upgrade (Push-Pull Airflow)
Memory -- 1 x 16 GB [8 GB x2] DDR3-1866 Memory Module
Video Card -- 1 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 - 4GB - Single Card
Motherboard -- 1 x ASRock 990FX Extreme9 -- AMD 990FX w/ 4x
PCI-E 2.0 x16, 2x eSATA3, 8x USB 3.0
Power Supply -- 1 x Corsair RM850 80 Plus Gold, Full Modular
Primary Hard Drive -- 1 x 128 GB SanDisk SATA III 6.0Gb/s SSD -
490 MB/s Read & 350 MB/s - Single Drive
Data Hard Drive -- 1 x Western Digital Green 1 terabyte HDD
Optical Drive -- 1 x LG Blu-ray Reader Combo Drive
Sound Card -- 1 x 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
Network Card -- x Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)
Operating System -- 1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Monitor -- AOC POS 23"
2nd Monitor -- AOC POS 23"
Speaker System -- Bose PC speakers
UPC Specs:
Cyberpower 825AVR (Which I just now learned is discontinued)
UPS Technology -- on-line
Supported Battery Technology -- lead acid
Input Voltage Range -- AC 85 - 150 V
Frequency Required -- 57 - 63 Hz
Input Connector(s) -- 1 x power
Power Output Connectors Details -- 3 x power ( surge )
3 x power ( UPS and surge )
Output Voltage -- AC 120 V ± 5% ( 60 Hz )
Power Capacity -- 825 VA
Dataline Surge Protection -- Network/phone line - RJ-45/RJ-11
Surge Suppression -- yes
Surge Energy Rating -- 1260 Joules
Circuit Protection -- circuit breaker
I've had the UPS for about three or four years now, so I'm pretty sure it's probably struggling just to keep up with my rig and needs replacing.
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