Run Time Before Failure--How reliable for how long?
1039151
I've had it or about 2 years and have used it for many different projects and its still running great
1039152
I'm not sure about the full life of the motors, but I've run them continuously for 10+ hours at a time to drive a magnetic stirrer. They still work great.
1039153
I have ben running it for a year with no glitches. For what it cost ,well worth it.
935345
If you mean when running on battery, the built-in display will give you estimated runtime based on connected active load. If you mean when will battery/ies need to be replaced, that can vary greatly anywhere between two years and much longer. Once a year for the first two years, unplug UPS and see if estimated runtime matches actual runtime - if close batteries are still good. After two years maybe start doing this test every 6 months or so.
1208994
Not at all actually. At times I run some major software (protools) and it works just fine. Never had anything crash or malfunction otherwise. Hope this helps.
1056263
When they say 7 year life, they're really close. Bought 4 of these units in Oct, 2004. They have worked well over the years and haven't had any problems. Last month, one generated an "ERR.." code and just last week, another generated the same "ERR.." code. It looks like they've lived their useful life and I'll replace them without calling the manufacturer. Technically, I'm just curious how they can predict the 7-year life...???? Great product though.
671942
I've had two since purchased and I've never had any issues. Can imagine that's a monitor specific issue rather than a power issue, I'd say internal components are more likely to fail first over external if for some reason you are really stressing the PSU.
1853575
well, memtest ran for 3 full passes with 0 errors. i'm satisfied but if i bought again i will still run memtest before i throw away the box it came in :-)
1490610
NopeI've even let it run on the highest settings for 3-5 min straight. No problems.
845912
Usually 2 hours is a good rule of thumb, but some have been active as long as four hours. I have never run mine 'dry', so I could not tell you.
1208593
I only had one instance and it was about the second time I used it. Since then I have not had a problem; now I usually go to the same two or three places to run.
854112
Thanks everyone for all your feedback. It has been very useful. I think I will go with this, in order to avoid compatibility issues with my documents, even though my word and excel docs are not too complicated, but googledocs has been limiting...I think I can handle a boot time of < 30 secs with Windows 8. So, I will shoot for that, and see how it goes... Traditionally, I have chosen to stay away from new Windows releases, to give Microsoft a chance to iron out the bugs... but, it looks like this one isn't too bad... :-)Thanks again.Mike.
1287403
Should work fine. For the cost I say roll the dice. Programs in like 30 seconds! Good luck.
2134095
Running 2400Mhz crashes machine about once or twice a day, does not seem to be related to heat, just appears to be unreliable at that speed.
1960500
When I first purchased this product, it died within the week. I decided to give it another try and it's been almost two months running... I'm just as curious as you are :-)
2089092
I own two Stack-On Safes, haven't experienced "time-out" on either one. Like others have said ... use the key.
14531
I have not had any problems in 25 long sessions using various speeds. The machine is as good as thought it might be. I hope this helps.
2192109
1 YEAR, and my machine has run flawlessly since last fall. If the extension kicks in with full replacement after the factory coverage ends, it might be worth considering particularly.
1176159
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04, no problems whatsoever. Had a lot of runtime errors with an Asus itx motherboard. Would only work with Windows XP. I think it has do with the BIOS being UEFI. After the initial boot sequence, the computer would run for 2-5 minutes and suddenly lock up and display all sorts of runtime errors. Finally gave up and used Windows XP. Otherwise, this is a much better motherboard. Highly recommended.