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I have a UPS that will power my desktop computer for 50 minutes. The idea was that if the power when out I could save/make notes on what I'm working on and then shutdown or hibernate the desktop. But when the UPS looses power from the grid Windows 7 on my desktop goes into hibernate almost immediately.
I have the following settings:
Critical battery action: hibernate
Critical battery level : 30%
Low battery level : 40%
Reserve battery level : 20%
It's also INCREDIBLY annoying to have to dive 17 miles to the office and back to just press the power button so I can fix an after hours issue that I could otherwise fix from home. All because there was a 30 second power outage.
I would use the APC's PoiuerChute but it doesn't support hibernation. Just shutting down. :S
More info: The Windows power utility is reporting the battery level correctly. (I'm doing the test again just to double check.)
UPDATE
After getting things working, a Windows update killed it again. So I just unplugged the cable. It was more trouble then it was worth.
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maybe it's similar to this question and could be worth to be watched, although this question seems to be about a desktop with an UPS and not a laptop.
– wullxz – 2012-07-27T16:36:31.203How about you just take the laptop home with you, so you don't have to worry about it being affected by a power outage at work? – Iszi – 2012-07-27T17:37:47.570
1@Iszi I seriously doubt this is about a laptop. Since they already have their own battery power it is all but pointless to attach a UPS as well. – techturtle – 2012-07-27T18:21:16.940
@Iszi - I said nothing about a laptop. I could take my computer home every night. But hauling desktop tower home on my motorcycle wouldn't be very fun. – NitroxDM – 2012-07-27T18:22:09.207
Sorry. The presumption seems to be laptop here, since those settings aren't normally available on desktop systems. – Iszi – 2012-07-27T18:22:44.363
1@Iszi - If you attach a UPS that Windows is happy with, Windows will show the same battery icons you get on a laptop. – NitroxDM – 2012-07-27T18:26:50.437
@NitroxDM Thanks for the info. I think I got more confused by the phrasing of wullxz's comment than anything else. – Iszi – 2012-07-27T18:30:45.960