[nfbcs] Computer Shutting off During the Night

[John G. Heim]

I nominate over heating as a prime candidate. Points against it are that 
it is occuring in the middle of the night when the computer is not being 
used and when the environment is probably at it's coolest. Is the 
machine doing anything in the middle of the night? Heavy backups? 
Downloading updates?

I would open it up and clean it out.  Especially make sure the fans 
aren't blocked by dust anddog hair.



On 02/21/2016 09:38 AM, Peter Donahue via nfbcs wrote:
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>                  We're some of those folks that like to keep at least one
> computer running 24/7. Until last week this hasn't been a problem. Several
> mornings last week including this morning we came down stairs to find that
> Mary's computer had shut itself off during the night. It was necessary to
> unplug the power adapter and plug it back in again to restart her PC. Once
> the machine was back on and successfully rebooted everything was fine. It
> runs flawlessly. Someone suggested that the surge protector to which this
> machine is connected was doing its job protecting it from being fried. These
> shut-downs occurred three times during the past week. Otherwise we've been
> able to run the computer overnight without problems. We may just have to
> shut it down manually before we go to bed until a technician can check it
> out. Someone is supposed to come on Friday to troubleshoot  this issue along
> with some issues with some of our other devices. I've heard of computers
> shutting down by themselves unexpectedly so this is not new to me. I'd be
> curious to know if there are any settings I can check that may be
> responsible for this behavior. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
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> Peter Donahue
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