Curt,

The 987 system has the classic "Recover From Powerfail" capability whereas
the 928 does not. The UPS should have kept both systems alive for some
period of time depending upon its capabilities. When the UPS ran out the
internal battery on the 987 continued to hold the memory contents until
power was restored, at which time the system recovered and took off right
where it left off. The 928 does not have the internal battery to maintain
the state of memory and had to be restarted.

Powerfail recovery  is just another feature that *used* to distinguish
HP3000 systems from other computer systems.

Doug.

Doug Werth                             Beechglen Development Inc.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt Brimacomb" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 10:00 AM
Subject: [HP3000-L] Pwer Fail


> Hello all,
>
> I have a hardware question.  Yesterday we lost power in our office for a
> while.  When the power came back on, our 987 came right back up (showed
> power fail on the console screen), but our 928 went into coolstart mode.
> Both of the HP3000's are using the same UPS.
>
> Why would one do a power fail and the other go into a reboot?  Is the 928
> having internal battery problems?
>

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