[nfbcs] Computer Shutting off During the Night

[misty LH]

Are any breakers flipping elsewhere in your house? Is the heat or some other major power sucker kicking on at night more now than in the past few weeks? I ask because this issue could be indicative of a power issue in the house, especially if there are any other gremlins lurking. But I certainly hope not. My first step would be to move the surge protector to another outlet and see if it recurs. Then try a different surge protector. I doubt is the computer itself, especially if it's running perfectly after you turn it back on. If it's truly important to you to keep the computer running at night (so it can update or run virus scans etc), you might try a surge protector with a battery backup- this would be a fail safe. They can be pricey but I have had luck finding them at a reasonable price on Amazon. I hope this advice helps and I hope the person coming out on Friday can assist you. Have a good evening!

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> On Feb 21, 2016, at 10:38 AM, Peter Donahue via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Good morning everyone,
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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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