[nfbcs] Computer Shutting off During the Night

[Jude DaShiell]

Some people use nighttime hours to download podcasts and download then 
seed bittorrents and do updates.

On Sun, 21 Feb 2016, Nicole Torcolini via nfbcs wrote:

> Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 12:11:42
> From: Nicole Torcolini via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Nicole Torcolini <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Computer Shutting off During the Night
> 
> Okay, this is not the answer, so you may stop reading if you do not want to
> hear what I have to say. Why do you need the computer running 24-7? Unless
> you produce your own electricity, you are probably driving your energy bill
> up. Also, unless either you have your own source of renewable energy or your
> energy program uses renewable energy, you are adding to greenhouse gas
> emissions.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of John G. Heim via
> nfbcs
> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 8:04 AM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> Cc: John G. Heim
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Computer Shutting off During the Night
>
> 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:
>> Good morning everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>>                  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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Peter Donahue
>>
>>
>>
>>
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