06-06-15 09:46 Daryl Stout wrote to ED VANCE about Re: Found New Hardware   
      
    DS> @MSGID: <5577643B.14097.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    DS> Ed,   
   Howdy! Daryl,   
      
    EV>Windows is so finnicy(sp?) that I rather have the monitor powered by   
    EV>the UPS if the black out lasts long and the beeping continues until   
    EV>everything is shut down.   
      
    DS>   It's finicky...think of a cat and its food.    
      
   You mentioned "Cats" and it made me remember a small Dog that wants   
   its owner to hold up the water dish when it wants to get a drink.   
      
   When we are at that house the dog will stare at me or my wife wanting   
   either of us to pick up the water bowl for it to get a drink.   
      
    EV>I boxed up my CRT Monitor when I bought a LCD Monitor.   
    EV>I'm not sure but think the newer one doesn't grab much power.   
      
    DS>   I think my power settings are 2 minutes for the screen saver   
    DS> to kick in, and a minute later (if there's no keyboard input),   
    DS> the monitor turns itself off.   
      
   When I have my computer ON everything is ON.   
   Screen Saver isn't used here.   
   I do enter a Log On password each time I BOOT UP the box.   
      
    EV>A thought just came to my mind - during a power black out do You, or   
    EV>Anyone else reading this, NOT turn their UPS OFF so the beeping stops?   
      
    DS>   There may be a setting with software with the UPS's, or with   
    DS> the device itself, where you can disable those beeps. However,   
    DS> if it looks like power will be off for an extended period, I   
    DS> just power everything down...and take a nap...although I gave   
    DS> up on the idea of "beauty sleep" long ago. :P   
      
   There is a button on my UPS with a drawing of a Speaker with a / mark   
   through it.   
      
   I can't remember whenever the power has failed if I've pressed that   
   button to stop the noise if the blackout lasted over a few seconds.   
   I'll try to remember that button is on there the next time the beeping   
   starts up, to see if that will shut it up.   
      
   73   
      
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