I have my pc connected to a no break but it still shuts down when the power goes off

[richyman]

I think it might have something to do with my power supply (Rosewill PHOTON Series PHOTON-850 850W Continuous @40°C) but I dont know. I also have my modem connected to the nobreak and it doesnt shut down when the power goes off so the issue isnt the no break, Ive also tried plugging my pc into different outlets but it still shuts down. Thanks in advanced.

[dcb-z]

Are you sure your PC isn't plugged into the bypass on the UPS? I know that many of them have outlets that provide backup and others that provide surge protection, but no battery power.

 

Have you tried plugging your PC into the outlet that the modem is plugged into? Are you sure that your PCs wattage doesn't exceed that which is provided by the UPS?

[knightslugger]

Question: What is the UPS' rated output? What is your system consuming?

[RadiatingLight]

the Photon ain't that good. (tier list in sig)

maybe it can't keep up with the power fluctuations that happen when transferring from wall power to a UPS.

[richyman]

38 minutes ago, dcb-z said:

Are you sure your PC isn't plugged into the bypass on the UPS? I know that many of them have outlets that provide backup and others that provide surge protection, but no battery power.

 

Have you tried plugging your PC into the outlet that the modem is plugged into? Are you sure that your PCs wattage doesn't exceed that which is provided by the UPS?

It is plugged into the battery power ones, ive tried using the outlet my modem is connected to, but I think my pc exceeds what my UPS provides which is 

• 600VA / 340W Simulated Sine Wave UPS, I think thats it. I didnt buy the UPS so I never really checked the specs.

[richyman]

38 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

Question: What is the UPS' rated output? What is your system consuming?

• 600VA / 340W Simulated Sine Wave UPS, How do I meassure what my system is consuming? Probably more than 340w tho.

[RadiatingLight]

2 minutes ago, richyman said:

It is plugged into the battery power ones, ive tried using the outlet my modem is connected to, but I think my pc exceeds what my UPS provides which is 

• 600VA / 340W Simulated Sine Wave UPS, I think thats it. I didnt buy the UPS so I never really checked the specs.

your UPS can deliver 340W. PCs , depending on the efficiency of the PSU, and the components inside, can use between 30-75W at idle*. your monitor probably uses another 30, modem another dozen, etc.

it shouldn't hit the cap when idle, but when gaming, if your PC takes about 300W from your PSU, which is normal*, and your PSU is 85% efficient, then your PSU takes more than 340W from the wall, not even including your monitor, modem, etc.

 

^{*yes of course there are exceptions, but I assume OP doesn't have SLI, or an extreme edition CPU, or something crazy.}

[knightslugger]

40 minutes ago, richyman said:

It is plugged into the battery power ones, ive tried using the outlet my modem is connected to, but I think my pc exceeds what my UPS provides which is 

• 600VA / 340W Simulated Sine Wave UPS, I think thats it. I didnt buy the UPS so I never really checked the specs.

if it has a USB port, check the manufacturer's website to see if any monitoring software exists for it. That's how i monitor my demand.

 

List your system specs. I have 2 systems described below. The Core i7 6700k rig tops out at 290watts. the Ryzen 7 rig overloads my 390 Watt UPS.

[dcb-z]

48 minutes ago, richyman said:

It is plugged into the battery power ones, ive tried using the outlet my modem is connected to, but I think my pc exceeds what my UPS provides which is 

• 600VA / 340W Simulated Sine Wave UPS, I think thats it. I didnt buy the UPS so I never really checked the specs.

I think it might be cutting power to your PC while on battery because of too much power draw.

 

5 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

if it has a USB port, check the manufacturer's website to see if any monitoring software exists for it. That's how i monitor my demand.

 

List your system specs. I have 2 systems described below. The Core i7 6700k rig tops out at 290watts. the Ryzen 7 rig overloads my 390 Watt UPS.

Just remember that the UPS more than likely isn't going to be 100% efficient and probably doesn't provide the full 340W it's rated for, especially not if it's a lower-end one.

[knightslugger]

42 minutes ago, dcb-z said:

Just remember that the UPS more than likely isn't going to be 100% efficient and probably doesn't provide the full 340W it's rated for, especially not if it's a lower-end one.

The idea here is not to find out. never run equipment near maximum output on a regular basis.

[dcb-z]

32 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

The idea here is not to find out. never run equipment near maximum output on a regular basis.

Didn't say that they should

[knightslugger]

1 minute ago, dcb-z said:

Didn't say that they should

It was a general statement.

[richyman]

3 hours ago, knightslugger said:

if it has a USB port, check the manufacturer's website to see if any monitoring software exists for it. That's how i monitor my demand.

 

List your system specs. I have 2 systems described below. The Core i7 6700k rig tops out at 290watts. the Ryzen 7 rig overloads my 390 Watt UPS.

I74790k-   Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI LGA 1150 Z97   -   16gb ram   -   GTX 980   -   500gb ssd   -   240gb ssd   -   

[knightslugger]

1 hour ago, richyman said:

I74790k-   Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI LGA 1150 Z97   -   16gb ram   -   GTX 980   -   500gb ssd   -   240gb ssd   -   

anything OC'd?

[richyman]

12 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

anything OC'd?

nope

[SpaceGhostC2C]

 

7 hours ago, richyman said:

How do I meassure what my system is consuming? Probably more than 340w tho.

http://www.p3international.com/products/P4400.html

 

or similar.

[knightslugger]

9 hours ago, richyman said:

nope

Well that's not too extreme. the UPS should not overload. Seeing as you have verified that the computer is plugged into the correct socket on the UPS, then two possibilities exist. First one is that the UPS' switching time is greater than the PSU's ability to maintain the system or that the PSU is very sensitive to voltage fluctuations and just doesn't like UPS switching power. The second is that the UPS is not outputting the correct line voltage on battery and the computer just says "NOPE, FUCK THIS!" and gives up.