Backup Battery for PC

[cwmacker]

Does anyone know of somewhere that sells an extension cord that has a tiny battery in the housing. This is just in case of a power failure. Then say 5mins of battery power will give me time to dismount my external HD, close all the programs running on my computer and shut it down.

 

[ponder]

It's called a UPS.

 

[P924]

You are looking for a UPS.

 

[Totempole]

It's called a UPS.

+1, and a decent UPS should bag you 20-30 Minutes, but it won't come quietly.

 

[|tera|]

It's called a UPS.

Eish

 

[TYR]

... and a "tiny battery" is not really gonna cut it.

 

[RoganDawes]

Having said UPS, Google does install a battery for each PC in their data centers, I believe. Exactly how it works, I have no idea, but I imagine that it would need to supply both 12V and 5V in sufficient quantities to keep the board going.

I suspect that it has something to do with their custom designed computers, and is not generally applicable to consumer machines.

 

[ponder]

Having said UPS, Google does install a battery for each PC in their data centers, I believe. Exactly how it works, I have no idea, but I imagine that it would need to supply both 12V and 5V in sufficient quantities to keep the board going.

I suspect that it has something to do with their custom designed computers, and is not generally applicable to consumer machines.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10209580-92.html