Re: System A.M. shut downs

JS.....

Should have stated in my first reply that there are no scheduled tasks
that I could find --- at that time of day. There are some but are
scheduled between midnight and 3:00 a.m.; and they in fact were
run at those times.

Thanks
Ray


"JS" <@> wrote in message news:e0Nrmr84JHA.140@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1) Any scheduled tasks that start at that time?

2) Disconnect the PC from the Internet and see if it still happens.

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JS
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John.....

See the reply to Jose above.... yes, made sure the power supply was
of a rated amperage to handle what it was going to have to provide
power to.

Thanks
ray


"John Wunderlich" <jwunderlich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"thinman" <sdasrs@xxxxxxx> wrote in
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O/S:
Win XP Pro w/SP2 and all updates

Hdwr:
MSI K8N Neo4 m/b
MSI NS6800GT 256MB DDR3
AMD Athlon 64 4000+
LinkSys Cable Modem
LinkSys Router w/8 port switch
APC SmartUPS 1000XL

Prior to 05-25-09, system has been running 24/7 since the purchase
of the motherboard/CPU with no problems of random shut downs.

On 05-24-09, I downloaded a trial version of ESET's NOD32
anti-virus software and installed. The next morning (05-25), I
found the system powered off
so I rebooted and I get a screen with a message stating that Drive
F needs to
be checked for consistency and goes through a CHKDSK type scan. No
errors. It continued its' rebooted and XP loaded. Opened NOD32 and
started looking through the configuration settings for something
that might trigger the
shut down event. None. E-mailed ESET and they said it wasn't their
products' fault. Had to be hardware related. OK, lets see what
happens tomorrow AM. I opened a weather program which records data
every 5 minutes to see when the last entry was made: 7:39 a.m.

05-26, the system is shut down again. Powered on and the same
"error message"
came up about Drive F. Opened the weather program and same thing ;
last entry
at 7:39 a.m. Google'd for the error message and made note of
possible cures. Did not try any of the cures at this point. NOD32
was loaded on the C drive by
the way. Drive F is populated with original download files and
other data files
only.

Opened up all other known programs that auto-update to see when
they were scheduled. None anywhere close to 7:39 a.m.

Uninstalled NOD32, rebooted and then opened "regedit" to see what
was left from the NOD32 uninstall. Plenty! . So, I spent the next
several hours deleting
entries for that program. Rebooted and left it alone.

Shut downs continued. 05-27: 7:39 a.m........05-28: 5:59
a.m......... 05-29: 7:40 a.m........05-30: no
shutdown.........05-31: 7:39 a.m...........
06-01: 7:39 a.m...........06-02: 7:59 a.m.

This morning ( 06-02 ), I came up to watch and see what might be
happening. Started my vigil at 7:25 a.m. and by 7:55 a.m., nothing
had happened. Left and went back to sleep.

Yesterday, 06-01, I moved everything off the drive F to drive E
and then reformatted the drive (partition) F. This morning,
06-02, no error message when I had to reboot.

So.....what program can I use to log shutdown events, as well as
any other events that are automatically started, which will give
me plenty of details. I need to find the problem.

Thanks
Ray

Two hardware things you might want to consider:

1 - Overheating. If the CPU gets too hot, the machine will shut down
rather quickly. Check for excess dust and verify the fans are all
working. There are programs that will report temperature readings.

2 - Power Supply. If a power supply were to fail and put out too much
voltage (e.g. voltage spike), most power supplies would detect that and
"crowbar" resulting in an immediate shutdown. When you replaced your
motherboard, did you verify your power supply was big enough to power
the new motherboard?

HTH,
John






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