UPS recommendations

[krw]

What brand?

ThinkPad T60.

 

[krw]

I have a Lenovo ThinkPad X61s with docking station. I've not
experienced a power failure, but I'm puzzled... it sounds like the
docking station lost it's mind???

Or do you have the mouse directly via the ThinkPad?

Both are plugged into the Advanced Docking station. My T60 worked
fine (this is actually a T61). What's really strange is that I have
to pull the batteries out of the TP before I can power it back on.

 

[Rich Grise]

Per computer or just one for the whole office?

My "office" is simply the "computer room" - the LAN server, gateway,
Samba server, email, etc are on one box called "The Server", and my
own workstation are here. A minute or two should be enough to save and
exit; but the last time, the brownout lasted for less than a second,
and The Server shut down. Mine just got a glitch, but we all had to
reboot.

I'm collecting recommendations (sorry I took so long to get back to
followups, I got interrupted by work. ;-) )

Thanks,
Rich

 

[Rich Grise]

We had a power glitch yesterday, and all of the computers shut down. So,
everybody had to reboot, and the hub in the front office needed to be
reset.

Just a blanket thank-you to everyone who responded - I've got some good
info to work from here.

Sorry it took so long to follow up; I got interrupted by work. ;-)

Thanks!
Rich

 

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Both are plugged into the Advanced Docking station.  My T60 worked
fine (this is actually a T61).  What's really strange is that I have
to pull the batteries out of the TP before I can power it back on.

Do you have the same problem if you bypass the docking station, plug
the monitor directly to the laptop, then pull the power plug?

At work we have docking stations for our laptops, but mine had a
defect - it gives wavy lines on my monitor that gave me a headache.
Rather than deal with our IT department for a replacement I bypassed
the docking station and plugged everything (monitor cable, mouse,
keyboard, power, Cat5) directly into the laptop. (Gateway something-
or-other).

I just pulled the plug just now, computer still works.

Cheap, fast solution.

Michael

 

[krw]

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says...>

Do you have the same problem if you bypass the docking station, plug
the monitor directly to the laptop, then pull the power plug?

Laptop doesn't have a DVI port, but no. I think it's an
interaction between the dock and the laptop that's the problem.

At work we have docking stations for our laptops, but mine had a
defect - it gives wavy lines on my monitor that gave me a headache.
Rather than deal with our IT department for a replacement I bypassed
the docking station and plugged everything (monitor cable, mouse,
keyboard, power, Cat5) directly into the laptop. (Gateway something-
or-other).

Kinda defeats the purpose of the dock, no?

I just pulled the plug just now, computer still works.

Cheap, fast solution.

Like all cheap, fast, solutions... ;-)