Re: G5 and Belkin battery backup ... trouble?

From: Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 22:50:20 -0700

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<BLOCKSPAMfishfry-38D087.21190129052006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
fishfry <BLOCKSPAMfishfry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I bought a Belkin 375VA battery backup unit to give me time to
gracefully shut down the G5 the next time PG&E has one of their
momentary power failures -- something that seems to happen at least once
a month where I live.

Belkin's software no longer supports OS X ... and I've found a number of
reports on the Net regarding general trouble using this unit with Macs.

When I plug in the USB connection, the Energy Saver panel recognizes the
unit, and gives me an option to shut down when the unit's running off
the battery.

Unfortunately, whenever I have the USB cable connected, I get a popup
saying I'm running off battery backup ... then the Energy Saver shuts
the machine down.

Has anyone gotten the Belkin to work with Energy Saver properly?

Or should I return this unit and if so, what battery plays well with OS
X?

Return it. I think you'll find many UPSes properly implementing a
generic UPS interface.
.

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