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From my experience: Better have a > 32gig USB Flash drive, everything else doesn't work (MSI) and I don't have an UPS so it's always quite an exciting experienc

by dtx1 3y ago

From my experience: Better have a > 32gig USB Flash drive, everything else doesn't work (MSI) and I don't have an UPS so it's always quite an exciting experience. Especially since Motherboard Manifactures save almost a whole dollar by not having a display ouputting anything. So it's blinkenlights and hope for the best

Night_Thastus 3y ago
Get a UPS!! Not just for convenience, but safety. You don't want to be caught out when something goes wrong, even without flashing the bios. A lot of boards these days have 7-segment displays. They're not great, but they're a good step up. Don't need to spend a lot, I think they show up on $300-ish boards. Mine definitely does.
- dtx1 3y ago
  I see no need for it. Living in Germany, any kind of power outages are exceptionally rare. I remember one in the last 10 years for a few hours and that was very local. If I am in a situation where a power outage occurs, i'll listen to my battery radio for a while and be fine. I work on nothing and rely on nothing that would actually require a UPS.
  - Night_Thastus 3y ago
    It's like not having a backup drive. Everything is fine until one day it isn't. A good UPS does more than just protect from outages. It also protects from surges and low-voltage situations that can both damage the equipment severely. A UPS doesn't cost much and will last many years. Buying a new motherboard and GPU because they got fried is much more expensive.
    - namibj 3y ago
      Keep in mind that most equipment of this nature has universal power supplies, and thus works even at just 50% of nominal grid voltage. The substation is mandated to trip in that anomaly, btw. Otherwise some very common types of motors (AC induction, single and 3-phase) would burn from the excessive current they draw to compensate for the reduced voltage.

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From my experience: Better have a > 32gig USB Flash drive, everything else doesn't work (MSI) and I don't have an UPS so it's always quite an exciting experienc

by dtx1 3y ago

Night_Thastus 3y ago
Get a UPS!! Not just for convenience, but safety. You don't want to be caught out when something goes wrong, even without flashing the bios. A lot of boards these days have 7-segment displays. They're not great, but they're a good step up. Don't need to spend a lot, I think they show up on $300-ish boards. Mine definitely does.
- dtx1 3y ago
  I see no need for it. Living in Germany, any kind of power outages are exceptionally rare. I remember one in the last 10 years for a few hours and that was very local. If I am in a situation where a power outage occurs, i'll listen to my battery radio for a while and be fine. I work on nothing and rely on nothing that would actually require a UPS.
  - Night_Thastus 3y ago
    It's like not having a backup drive. Everything is fine until one day it isn't. A good UPS does more than just protect from outages. It also protects from surges and low-voltage situations that can both damage the equipment severely. A UPS doesn't cost much and will last many years. Buying a new motherboard and GPU because they got fried is much more expensive.
    - namibj 3y ago
      Keep in mind that most equipment of this nature has universal power supplies, and thus works even at just 50% of nominal grid voltage. The substation is mandated to trip in that anomaly, btw. Otherwise some very common types of motors (AC induction, single and 3-phase) would burn from the excessive current they draw to compensate for the reduced voltage.