Battery on Desktop?

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chuck

OK, gonna try this another way ...

Ine the Power Options panel on wife's pc, it now
shows options for both Plugged In and Running On Battery.
Even has a battery capacity screen.

This is a desktop. No battery involved.

Why the battery option?

How do I fix this???
 
laptops have a battery
that serves to operate
the laptop and as a
backup power source.

desktop also use batteries

however, the one you are
discussing about is the
back power supply which
is a battery backup ijn the
event the electrical ac power
turns off.

so if the option is set
to enable battery but
you have no battery
backup,

then disable it.

incidentally, if you can you
should buy a battery backup
for your desktop and surge
protector.

just a respectful idea for
you to consider.
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chuck said:
OK, gonna try this another way ...

Ine the Power Options panel on wife's pc, it now
shows options for both Plugged In and Running On Battery.
Even has a battery capacity screen.

This is a desktop. No battery involved.

Why the battery option?

How do I fix this???
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Is your wife's computer plugged into an Uninterrupted Power Supply
(UPS)?

If so, and you don't have the software installed for the UPS, BUT do
have the UPS connected to the computer via a USB or Serial cable,
Windows may show the UPS battery in Power Options just like a laptop
battery.

If you have a UPS attached, either install its software, or remove the
USB or Serial cable connecting it to your wife's computer.
 
db said:
laptops have a battery
that serves to operate
the laptop and as a
backup power source.

desktop also use batteries

however, the one you are
discussing about is the
back power supply which
is a battery backup ijn the
event the electrical ac power
turns off.

so if the option is set
to enable battery but
you have no battery
backup,

then disable it.

incidentally, if you can you
should buy a battery backup
for your desktop and surge
protector.

just a respectful idea for
you to consider.
Click to expand...

No No, that's so cool.

I have three pc's, each with an APC battery backup.

But only one shows this dual-power scheme.

Hmmm.

So I just "enabled" my APC UPS on another pc.

Still only shows one power scheme in Power Options.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
 
oh, I see.

unfortunately, I don't
have any ideas about
fixing the power scheme.

but based on my apc,
I have a serial cable
that connects it to the
pc.

though you really don't
need the serial cable
because the battery
backup will engage
as soon as the power
is out,

perhaps, the serial cable
is faulty and doesn't provide
a status to windows.

other than the above the
only other idea is to contact
apc.

if I recall I have spoken
with them in the past via
email and they were pretty
helpful.
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glee said:
If so, and you don't have the software installed for the UPS, BUT do
have the UPS connected to the computer via a USB or Serial cable,
Windows may show the UPS battery in Power Options just like a laptop
battery.
Click to expand...

Yup, twas just that.

Reinstalled the APC software and the battery Power Option
goes away.

Great call. Many thanks.

chuck
 
chuck said:
Yup, twas just that.

Reinstalled the APC software and the battery Power Option
goes away.

Great call. Many thanks.

chuck
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Glad you've got it sorted out now.
 
hmm, I guess my earlier
response didn't get posted.

however, here is a short
version of it::

double check that the
serial cables are not
the problem.

the cable would be the
connection for windows
to determine the status
of the battery backup.

however, the cable isn't
really necessary because
even though windows does
not see a ups connected,

the ups will automatically
engage anyways and as
soon as the ac power is
interrupted

also, I have spoken to apc
in the past, and their cs
are friendly and helpful.

so you may want to look
into the two variables above,
i.e. cable problem and c.s.
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