Error/Event logs

omgitsdavie · 3 Jan 2013 at 06:45

Hey guys, last night i left my new build downloading a 7gb bf3 patch. Seeing as it wasnt really doing anything i decided to power down all the fans to about 50%. Woke up this morning and its off, fired it up and get the option to boot into safe mode as Windows didnt shut down correctly.

Is there any way of finding out exactly why it didnt shut down correctly? The patch installed successfully so i imagine its going to have something to do with that, id just rather be sure thats all.

cheers

snips86x · 3 Jan 2013 at 06:50

Can you see anything in your event logs?

Is your PC set to sleep after 'x' amount of time?

On Holiday · 3 Jan 2013 at 08:02

Start -> Search programs and files -> Event Viewer
Look for anything under Critical (or Error)

GhostMjr · 3 Jan 2013 at 08:57

Have a check of your power save settings too as these may have forced the computer to shut down or another scheduled process/ processes.

I even had my computer at one time turning on in the middle of the night to start a weekly defrag!

snips86x · 3 Jan 2013 at 09:13

If you select 'System' on the left, you'll get the list of entries. You can scan down to see what the 'Critical' entries were.

On Holiday · 3 Jan 2013 at 11:28

First thing I do when I install Windows is sort out power-save settings; set to high performance, disable turn off monitor/hdd.

snips86x · 3 Jan 2013 at 11:36

YarwoodUK said:
First thing I do when I install Windows is sort out power-save settings; set to high performance, disable turn off monitor/hdd.

Best option now SSD'd are on the market and being recommended! Would hate to forget and get a defrag running... :eek: