Weird batter y backup issue.

[Ruckus]

I got a weird thing happening with my APC and Im not sure why. I built a new system 5800x with a 6650xt (good enough for WoW @ 1440p) and i got it hooked up to an apc 600va battery backup. (internet router is on its own backup) Working fine but if I get into a high action raid in WoW the APC start beeping like it is running on battery. As soon as I back off the boss and get out of the battle it stops beeping. As soon as I go into the battle again it starts beeping again. This sound like the battery is dying or could it be the comp is drawing too much power from it? Ive never had anything like this happen before so I'm lost.

 

[Zepher]

600va is only like 300 or so watts so you are probably overloading or close to overloading the UPS.
I run my systems on 1300VA and 1500VA UPS's. Those provide 810 and 900 watts of power

Not sure which one you have, but this 600VA unit shows 330 watts,

This is the 1500VA one I bought a couple of years ago,

 

[Ruckus]

yeah thats the one i have. I guess the gpu is overloading it? let me see which one is attached to my router. Maybe I can swap em.

 

[kamikazi]

Yep, first post nailed it, I had the same issue that only popped up when I ran Microsoft Flight Simulator. I had a 1200VA UPS I think it was. I was bumping the power limits and it was screaming at me. It took me a while to figure it out. I thought something in my computer was going dying. I now have one that is rated for 1500 VA / 1000 watts.

Buy Once, Cry Once.

 

[xx0xx]

I've had this happen to me too and it was exactly that- pulling more power than the UPS could handle. It would just scream loudly until I exited games lol