Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:28:33 -0400 From: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Best hardware for a replacement desktop? Message-ID: <CAGBxaXk5WnipfmfB7jd5CTkE8vZ6XCQX%2BO9G8E5Z%2Ba2x6MOo=w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaX=o_1BgM7MUt3QAM-oHzp732xtCqP4xaMh629w1Bi3Htw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGBxaX=ch_=NKBAme9wTQjSVsJ4Oxschs3Qg7Kddh7KouW3DJw@mail.gmail.com> <5ceb24c1-66ce-2603-5eed-78283d9676b7@holgerdanske.com> <CAGBxaXmiAy2xAKT1oyat4J_Q-gOFTzEEiQQso3oTS9EqoY3ayQ@mail.gmail.com> <23861.63968.885139.970960@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <CAGBxaX=o_1BgM7MUt3QAM-oHzp732xtCqP4xaMh629w1Bi3Htw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 2:59 PM Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 2:01 PM Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote: > >> >> Aryeh Friedman writes: >> >> > > You need an uninterruptible power supply (UPS): >> > > >> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uninterruptible_power_supply >> > >> > Already on my shopping list but half the problem is the machine is >> > a name HP and looking at the specs I have likely put more demand on >> > the power supply then I can supply if there any drop in voltage. >> >> I'd be interested to hear how you do this ... but assuming it's >> true your solution has two parts: >> >> 1) the UPS to deal with the "power hiccups". Before you buy, >> check ports/sysutils to see what models are covered by available >> software. >> > > Neither of the two other systems on the same power strip that where custom > build (not name brand) and being careful to not overload the internal > supply went down even once > > >> 2) a more vigorous internal power supply. I have no idea if it's >> even possible to upgrade HP products short of having HP do it (and >> maybe not even then). >> > > This is one of the primary reasons for wanting to upgrade the entire > system.... HP refuses to support upgrades and uses non-standard physical > dimensions... HP Pavilion 7 is not upgradable and I have already done all > the tweaks I can do (and thus overloaded the power supply in all likely > hood)... most notably I added 3 SATA drives in it beyond the one it came > with (including a SSD), I increased the RAM from 8 GB to 24 GB (works fine > despite the stated max being 16 [dmidecode says the max is 128 GB though]), > added a mid range nvidia card to it (GeForce GT 710). So all in all I > suspect I have severly overtaxed the power supply which is 300W. > >> >> >> Respectfully, >> >> >> Robert Huff >> >> > > -- > Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org > -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org
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