Re: W2K server reboots every 14 days automatically

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Do you have an UPS? Is it APC? If yes to both, I may have the answer.

I had this once and it was the APC battery that was failing, even though
there was no indication on the UPS panel

Hope this helps?



"kloonak" <kloonak@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi All:
>
> Problem is as follows:
> I have a Dell PowerEdge 2650 running W2K server SP4 which has been
> rebooting
> itself for several months now. This always occurs every 14 days, and
> always
> at the same time of day. This has not been a big issue for the users, but
> I
> would like to clear it up before it becomes one.
>
> Background:
> No new hardware or software was added prior to the time when this began
> occurring so I don't think that this is an issue. I have NetShield running
> on
> the unit. BrightStore ArcServe 2000 is also running on it.
>
> Troubleshooting steps so far:
> - I have checked for a scheduled task, there are none.
> - I have also set the unit up to NOT reboot automatically, so that if a
> BSOD
> occurs, the info will still be there. No luck with that either - the
> system
> still reboots.
> - I have checked for virus related activity and found no suspicious files
> entries etc.
> - There does not appear to be much helpful in the event logs other than a
> w32 time error.
>
> If anyone has any info on where to check next, or has experienced a
> problem
> of a similar nature I would appreciate any and all feedback ...
>
> Thanks in advance
> K


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