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Hi,
Not overkill at all. You should remember to surge protect the phone lines
as well,
as they are the "back Door" problem for surges.
At 12:35 PM 12/20/2002 EST, you wrote:
>I need to purchase an APC Battery Backup for my computer. I am thinking of
>the APC 650VA. I live out in the country and I have constant surges and
>power outages for no apparent reason. These occurances I feel are playing
>havoc on my computer. I have already had to replace my hard drive. Whether
>it was due to the power outages and surges I really don't know. I have a
>dial-up connection with a second phone line. So at night and on the
>weekends, my computer stay on. I shut it down during the day while I am at
>work or not at home. I have a Gateway Pentium III, 1000, with soon to have
>512MB of Ram. I currently only have 256. Anyway, I was wondering whether
>the APC 650 is an overkill or not. Any feedback would appreciated since the
>sale goes off in a couple of days. Or any specific recommendations would be
>appreciated also. I don't know much about the battery backup selection, but
>I do want one that will be sufficient and have automatic shutdown software
>when my computer is on and a surge or outage takes place.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>Susan Hays
>
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>
God Bless America!
Joe Lore
MicroComputerCenter, Inc.
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