I got up at 3:15 AM this morning to get something
to ease Robert's sore throat. He was having trouble
sleeping.
As I entered his office from our bedroom I heard
a terrible mechanical screech. It wasn't the weather
warning, TG. It wasn't the furnace pump, which
sometimes squeaks asking for oil. It was coming
from downstairs.
Soon it became clear it was coming from the
computer room off of the kitchen. I thought it was
coming from our new modem, but soon realized it
must be coming from a UPS. I crawled under the
desk, found the offending screeching thing, but how
to make it stop? Turning off it's power wouldn't help.
That was what was making it scream. Finally,
moments that seemed like eternity, later I found the
button to push and quiet reigned!
By that time Robert had joined me. He said that
since he couldn't sleep anyway that I might as well
go back to bed. I did.
I was afraid it was our new modem that had gone mad,
and was glad that, at least we were leasing it and wouldn't
have to pay out the money to buy another one. I was not
happy that we would again be without Internet for a few
days, because of the holiday weekend. It wasn't the
modem. It turned out it was the UPS itself that had
failed!
Mystery solved. Computer and modem still working.
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