Last night while recording some ground work for a new song with BFD2 and my Hart Dynamics electronic drums, we ran into a problem that has recently been cropping up again and again after a seemingly long time of reliable performance. None of us were quite sure what was going on but I’m super glad we got it figured out.
Since techslaves.org is still decently ranked on google for searches concerning the Hart Dynamics Studio Master 6.4 electronic drum set but the original post that got ranked for such searches is gone from the site due to the migration to WordPress, I figured I’d post up a new updated review of this electronic drum kit so as to not let anyone down who is clicking through to techslaves looking for a review.
Ah, I love the smell of burned CPUs in the morning…
Actually, it smells pretty terrible but this is the first and only time I’ve seen this happen so I thought I’d share!
Just recently, I discovered that IBM decided to quietly switch their UPS vendor from APC to Eaton (Powerware). We needed to replace a dead IBM UPS 3000 XHV (SmartUPS-3000) and so I ordered a new IBM UPS, the UPS 3000 HV (Eaton 5125). Upon receiving the UPS, I noticed that the battery and power module were rather different. So I boot up the UPS and start configuring the web management card and it hits me… this isn’t an APC UPS, it’s an Eaton! ARG! Why?!? WHY?!? :’(
Every now and then it’s a good idea to check your UPS batteries, right? Sure, we all know that. But who really does it? In well run environments UPSes are monitored, internally and/or externally but in a small machine room with only a couple racks, the individual UPS systems may not be monitored. These machine rooms (closets?) might also not be frequented by people very often or may not even get a visit, ever unless something goes wrong.
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