system re-start in the night

spellcaster · 4 Aug 2008 at 10:44

Hello,

My new build reset itself sometime during the night. Will there be a crash log or anything to help me work out the cause

tres · 4 Aug 2008 at 11:04

Right mouse button on My Computer
Go to Manage
That opens up Computer Management

Then there's Event Viewer
that should tell you

bledd · 4 Aug 2008 at 11:07

what os is it?

xp had a few hotfixes that forced a restart if they were downloaded via windows update

but yes, check event viewer

Snakedoctor · 4 Aug 2008 at 11:09

Are you sure it did not try to sleep or something? If Vista, check power options to see if it's set to sleep after 6 hours or something similar. It could be your PC cant enter sleep correctly.

spellcaster · 10 Aug 2008 at 08:54

Hello again another odd nightime parlavour

4am this morning i found my computer with its graphics fan over whirring and no output to the monitor. Booted this morning and its ok. Looking in the event viewer on my pc I do not know under what tab you need the information off as there is lots of stuff in that section. If i can post the right bit someone may know what my problems are.

hybrid · 10 Aug 2008 at 09:25

Sounds to me like it went into hibernation/sleep and didnt wake up. If you do have an event viewer entry post it on here.

spellcaster · 10 Aug 2008 at 09:33

i do have an event viewer but under what section am i looking
I am looking at the Overview and Summary page. not a lot there apart from numbers?

EsaT · 10 Aug 2008 at 11:33

Check system log (that's where more serious problems are in general) and see are there any entries with time marking fitting to "crashes".

Also are you sure there aren't black/brown outs? Those could easily cause this kind problems.

spellcaster · 10 Aug 2008 at 12:56

Hello again,

Ok at 02.27am there is a log for power trouble. is there a cure?

Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Power-Troubleshooter
Date: 10/08/2008 02:27:00
Event ID: 1
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords:
User: LOCAL SERVICE
Computer: Office-PC
Description:
The system has resumed from sleep.

Sleep Time: 10/08/2008 01:25:44
Wake Time: 10/08/2008 01:26:52

Wake Source: RTC
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Power-Troubleshooter" Guid="{cdc05e28-c449-49c6-b9d2-88cf761644df}" />
<EventID>1</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2008-08-10T01:27:00.096Z" />
<EventRecordID>5480</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{53233A38-9927-4BAD-9C6B-67512E0207BC}" />
<Execution ProcessID="2032" ThreadID="18900" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Office-PC</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-19" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="SleepTime">2008-08-10T01:25:44.041Z</Data>
<Data Name="WakeTime">2008-08-10T01:26:52.431Z</Data>
<Data Name="SleepDuration">3133</Data>
<Data Name="WakeDuration">1027</Data>
<Data Name="DriverInitDuration">977</Data>
<Data Name="BiosInitDuration">822</Data>
<Data Name="HiberWriteDuration">0</Data>
<Data Name="HiberReadDuration">0</Data>
<Data Name="HiberPagesWritten">0</Data>
<Data Name="Attributes">25602</Data>
<Data Name="TargetState">4</Data>
<Data Name="EffectiveState">4</Data>
<Data Name="WakeSourceType">3</Data>
<Data Name="WakeSourceTextLength">0</Data>
<Data Name="WakeSourceText">
</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

MikeHiow · 10 Aug 2008 at 14:25

Check your power options, check it's set to Performance (If this best suits you), and check it's not set to sleep/hibernate after a period of idle time.