Re: Sudden shutdown

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On Nov 10, 5:39 pm, w...@xxxxxxxxx (the wharf rat) wrote:
    We wish :-)  If the shutdown is due to power or certain disc issues
there almost certainly won't be anything in the log (because power problems
cause it to die before anything can be logged and an unwriteable disc
will obviously prevent a message from being logged).

Same type failure also does not display any useful BSOD
information. Long before changing anything, the informed diagnostic
technician first gets the facts. System logs will even report a
failure long ago that would eventually start causing shutdowns today.
Many problems causing a crash today were being detected and 'worked
around' long ago while also stored in the system logs. Information
stored so that the informed tech will first learn about a failure long
before it was causing crashes.

Dust causing a crash in a one year old computer in a 70 degree room
means the informed technician locates the defective hardware - as we
even did 40 years ago. The naive would instead cure the symptom -
remove dust - and declare dust as the problem. Then 6 months later,
the same hardware defect gets even worse. Unfortunately the hardware
defect that once could have been covered by the warranty is now the
responsiblity of the computer onwer. Too many experts confuse 'curing
symptoms' with 'solving problems'.

Any properly constructed computer works just fine in a 100 degree F
room with large dust balls inside. Nothing new where the computer
tech first learns what is wrong before fixing it. BTW, this reality
is the minority opinion because most self proclaimed computer experts
don't even know why heat causes computer crashed. They just saw the
computer crash in a warmer room, then somehow automatically know heat
is the only reason for failure. Experts in curing symptoms.
.

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