[nfbcs] Computer Shutting off During the Night

[Christopher Chaltain]

Of course, this depends on factors such as how long you have your system 
powered off and what other power settings you have set.

Another option maybe to suspend or hibernate the system when you're done 
using it for the day or after it's been left idle for a while. I didn't 
catch what kind of a computer this is or what operating system it's 
running, but you should find these in your power settings. This means 
you won't be able to do backups or downloads while it's idle, but it'll 
snap right back to where you left it with just a touch of the keyboard. 
This is what I do, and I find it to be a reasonable compromise.

On 21/02/16 19:05, Mike and Jenna via nfbcs wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  From everything I learned in school you are using less power buy living your
> computer on. It takes more power to start a computer from a cold boot.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jude DaShiell via
> nfbcs
> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 12:23 PM
> To: Nicole Torcolini via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Computer Shutting off During the Night
>
> 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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