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08-16-2007, 05:30 PM
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| Vista shuts down for no reason Please help! I have Windows Ultimate and it is an HTPC (Home Theater PC). It has three tuners (HDTV Wonder, AverMedia A180, AverMedia 1500 MCE). It has an HIS 2600 Pro video card. When watching Vista MCE shows - it will just shutdown - not restart - the PC actually turns off. The BIOS is set to start up on a power failure - so it starts back up. I guess my question is why would my PC just decide to turn off? The CPU is a Quad core Q6600 - it is not running hot. The PC is home built and is an Intel DP35DP motherboard. This has only started recently - this did not happen before. I have no idea what is causing it. Please help! I have checked the logs - there is nothing - other than a log event saying the PC did not shut down correctly. Please help! Thanks      |
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08-16-2007, 05:50 PM
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| Re: Vista shuts down for no reason You probably have either an underrated or defective power supply unit. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "RogueWarrior"wrote: Please help! I have Windows Ultimate and it is an HTPC (Home Theater PC). It has three tuners (HDTV Wonder, AverMedia A180, AverMedia 1500 MCE). It has an HIS 2600 Pro video card. When watching Vista MCE shows - it will just shutdown - not restart - the PC actually turns off. The BIOS is set to start up on a power failure - so it starts back up. I guess my question is why would my PC just decide to turn off? The CPU is a Quad core Q6600 - it is not running hot. The PC is home built and is an Intel DP35DP motherboard. This has only started recently - this did not happen before. I have no idea what is causing it. Please help! I have checked the logs - there is nothing - other than a log event saying the PC did not shut down correctly. Please help! Thanks |
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08-16-2007, 06:30 PM
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| Re: Vista shuts down for no reason The Power supply is new and running at 500 watts. The machine runs cool and happy - the all of a sudden (and almost every hour between 8-11 PM - very weird) it shuts down without warning. I hear the CPU fan spin up and then it shuts down. I have no idea what happens at that exact moment as thee is nothing in the logs. Please help! "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: > You probably have either an underrated or defective > power supply unit. > > -- > Carey Frisch > Microsoft MVP > Windows Shell/User > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "RogueWarrior"wrote: > > Please help! I have Windows Ultimate and it is an HTPC (Home Theater PC). > It has three tuners (HDTV Wonder, AverMedia A180, AverMedia 1500 MCE). It > has an HIS 2600 Pro video card. > > When watching Vista MCE shows - it will just shutdown - not restart - the PC > actually turns off. The BIOS is set to start up on a power failure - so it > starts back up. > > I guess my question is why would my PC just decide to turn off? The CPU is > a Quad core Q6600 - it is not running hot. The PC is home built and is an > Intel DP35DP motherboard. > > This has only started recently - this did not happen before. I have no idea > what is causing it. Please help! I have checked the logs - there is nothing > - other than a log event saying the PC did not shut down correctly. > > Please help! Thanks > |
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08-16-2007, 06:50 PM
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| Re: Vista shuts down for no reason A new PSU can be very well defective. Have been know to do that quite often even when running cool. The give away is when the Hard Drive spins up . Spin up of the Hard Drive is the sign when system will shut down. -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "RogueWarrior" <RogueWarrior@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E6C6B027-9DAE-42BD-A040-4BB7A180E7B9@microsoft.com... > The Power supply is new and running at 500 watts. The machine runs cool and > happy - the all of a sudden (and almost every hour between 8-11 PM - very > weird) it shuts down without warning. I hear the CPU fan spin up and then it > shuts down. > > I have no idea what happens at that exact moment as thee is nothing in the > logs. > > Please help! > > "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: > >> You probably have either an underrated or defective >> power supply unit. >> >> -- >> Carey Frisch >> Microsoft MVP >> Windows Shell/User >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> "RogueWarrior"wrote: >> >> Please help! I have Windows Ultimate and it is an HTPC (Home Theater PC). >> It has three tuners (HDTV Wonder, AverMedia A180, AverMedia 1500 MCE). It >> has an HIS 2600 Pro video card. >> >> When watching Vista MCE shows - it will just shutdown - not restart - the PC >> actually turns off. The BIOS is set to start up on a power failure - so it >> starts back up. >> >> I guess my question is why would my PC just decide to turn off? The CPU is >> a Quad core Q6600 - it is not running hot. The PC is home built and is an >> Intel DP35DP motherboard. >> >> This has only started recently - this did not happen before. I have no idea >> what is causing it. Please help! I have checked the logs - there is nothing >> - other than a log event saying the PC did not shut down correctly. >> >> Please help! Thanks >> |
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08-17-2007, 04:50 AM
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| Re: Vista shuts down for no reason Also between 8-11 pm is a prime time for power usage and can cause what is called a brown out (a slight drop in power) this can effect lower quality or defective power supplies. "Peter Foldes" <okf22********.com> wrote in message news:eUhz%23fH4HHA.4676@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... A new PSU can be very well defective. Have been know to do that quite often even when running cool. The give away is when the Hard Drive spins up . Spin up of the Hard Drive is the sign when system will shut down. -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "RogueWarrior" <RogueWarrior@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E6C6B027-9DAE-42BD-A040-4BB7A180E7B9@microsoft.com... > The Power supply is new and running at 500 watts. The machine runs cool > and > happy - the all of a sudden (and almost every hour between 8-11 PM - very > weird) it shuts down without warning. I hear the CPU fan spin up and then > it > shuts down. > > I have no idea what happens at that exact moment as thee is nothing in the > logs. > > Please help! > > "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: > >> You probably have either an underrated or defective >> power supply unit. >> >> -- >> Carey Frisch >> Microsoft MVP >> Windows Shell/User >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> "RogueWarrior"wrote: >> >> Please help! I have Windows Ultimate and it is an HTPC (Home Theater >> PC). >> It has three tuners (HDTV Wonder, AverMedia A180, AverMedia 1500 MCE). >> It >> has an HIS 2600 Pro video card. >> >> When watching Vista MCE shows - it will just shutdown - not restart - the >> PC >> actually turns off. The BIOS is set to start up on a power failure - so >> it >> starts back up. >> >> I guess my question is why would my PC just decide to turn off? The CPU >> is >> a Quad core Q6600 - it is not running hot. The PC is home built and is >> an >> Intel DP35DP motherboard. >> >> This has only started recently - this did not happen before. I have no >> idea >> what is causing it. Please help! I have checked the logs - there is >> nothing >> - other than a log event saying the PC did not shut down correctly. >> >> Please help! Thanks >> |
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08-20-2007, 03:30 AM
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| Re: Vista shuts down for no reason I have Vista 64 Business (Norwegian) with the same symptom (restarts like reset has been pressed after a one-second spinup of the CPUfan). Here is the log for all events of this type: Feil 20.08.2007 12:32:08 EventLog 6008 Ingen Feil 20.08.2007 11:32:11 EventLog 6008 Ingen Feil 20.08.2007 10:31:28 EventLog 6008 Ingen Feil 20.08.2007 08:44:15 EventLog 6008 Ingen Feil 20.08.2007 07:44:21 EventLog 6008 Ingen Feil 20.08.2007 06:43:59 EventLog 6008 Ingen Feil 20.08.2007 05:43:38 EventLog 6008 Ingen Feil 20.08.2007 04:43:24 EventLog 6008 Ingen Feil 20.08.2007 03:43:03 EventLog 6008 Ingen Feil 20.08.2007 02:42:48 EventLog 6008 Ingen Feil 20.08.2007 01:42:27 EventLog 6008 Ingen Feil 20.08.2007 00:42:16 EventLog 6008 Ingen Feil 19.08.2007 23:42:09 EventLog 6008 Ingen Feil 19.08.2007 22:41:35 EventLog 6008 Ingen Feil 19.08.2007 21:41:15 EventLog 6008 Ingen Feil 19.08.2007 20:41:03 EventLog 6008 Ingen Feil 19.08.2007 20:27:43 EventLog 6008 Ingen As you can see it started two days ago and there is almost exactly one hour between each restart. This makes me think there has to be some process causing this - not HW. This is a serious problem for me! Any information is very much appreciated! Einar Naess. -- einar.naess ------------------------------------------------------------------------ einar.naess's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=29658 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=802313 http://forums.techarena.in |
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08-20-2007, 10:30 PM
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| Re: Vista shuts down for no reason Temporary solution: Use system restore to uninstall the Windows Update patches installed around 15th August. My PC has been stable after doing this last afternoon. Einar Naess -- einar.naess ------------------------------------------------------------------------ einar.naess's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=29658 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=802313 http://forums.techarena.in |
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09-28-2007, 09:20 AM
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| PC shuts down My pc shuts down when i play games on it. EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice http://www.eggheadcafe.com |
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09-28-2007, 09:20 AM
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| PC shuts down My pc shuts down when i play games on it. EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice http://www.eggheadcafe.com |
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09-28-2007, 03:20 PM
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| Re: PC shuts down That's a message. Heed it. <sigh> I love Egghead posters. </sigh> -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper******.com * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Shreevar Goel" wrote in message news:2007928131145shreevargoel******.com... > My pc shuts down when i play games on it. > > EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice > http://www.eggheadcafe.com |
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10-31-2007, 12:30 PM
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| SAME PROBLEM Hi, I'm having the same problem. Every hour the fan goes wild and... shut down. Workin' on it now, I'll post back. EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice http://www.eggheadcafe.com |
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10-31-2007, 12:40 PM
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| Re: SAME PROBLEM http://ezinearticles.com/?Computer-F...ches&id=472171 -- Andre Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com My Vista Quickstart Guide: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry <BRAIN> wrote in message news:20071031162159dcmdeliveries@aol.com... > Hi, I'm having the same problem. Every hour the fan goes wild and... shut > down. Workin' on it now, I'll post back. > > EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice > http://www.eggheadcafe.com |
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11-04-2007, 05:00 PM
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| Re: Vista shuts down for no reason Just curious, does everybody with these same problems have the same hardware? I also have a Q6600 on a DP35DP MB with Vista32. PSU 600Watt. Unfortunatly, my system restore starts october :( I don't believe in hardware failure! Cheers! |
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04-18-2008, 09:20 AM
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| Re: Vista shuts down (3) "Robert Sepulveda" wrote in message news:200841813349bobsepul******.com... >I have a Toshiba laptop, an HP desktop and one I built, all with Vista. >They all un-expectedly re-start with a blue warning screen that I don't >have time to read but the first line says it must shut down. > > Did they all do it from new (out of the box)? Have you installed software on each machine, after which you get the blue screen? -- Mike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |
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