Windows 7 (64bit) PC Shuts Down Randomly
Jul 22, 2012
The PC happens to be shutting down on its own and worse thing that frightens me is that it does not switch back on for at least the next 30 mins or so .. something like a cooling period.. I'm pretty sure that it may not be a heating issue because this shutting down does not necessarily happen when playing graphic intensive games.. happens sometimes when I leave the PC unattended or when there is just some mp3 playing on it.. hard for me to diagnose the root cause. The event viewer in control panel (which is something amazing in win 7 for troubleshooters !) seems to be capturing too many errors / warning / critical events. These shut downs happen to be critical events.
The log from the most recent shutdown last night is as below.
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
Date: 22-07-2012 09:53:32
Event ID: 41
Task Category: (63)
Level: Critical
[Log] ........
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Mar 7, 2012
When the PC is on it will depending on how long its been on will randomy just shut off. When it shuts off, it "sometimes" reboots but most often it "tries" to reboot but fails and then stays off. After this failed try to reboot if I press the power button on the case and mobo, nothing.Now if I turn OFF the PSU leave it for a few minutes and come back turn the PSU switch on and press the power button the system comes to life for a second or two then dies and will no respond to the power buttons until I turn off the PSU again.I have gotten it up and running from this state by leaving it off and unplugged for a couple of hours. When I say the PC comes to life for a second or two, I mean the case fans. If I get it booted up the BIOS is reset to default for some reason. Also if it makes it to windows, the notification area icons also gets reset... very very odd.I have a short video of the problem, sorry for the darkness, I finally decided to video it and it was 11pm.PSU dying or Mobo. I dont have extra's so I cant test them.Forgot to mention, ive checked for heat problems but none of my temps are high, they are all normal and its a Antec 1200 with tons of air movement.Event Viewer shows nothing expect for unexpected shutdown. My event viewer is clean from any errors also. I do not get any BSOD and this is on a fresh Windows 7 install from late Jan.
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Source: PNRPSvc
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The Peer Name Resolution Protocol cloud did not start because the creation of the default identity failed with error code: 0x80630801. &
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My System Specifications
Operating System:
Windows 2.6.1.7601 (Service Pack 1)
CPU Type:
Intel� Core� i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz
CPU Speed:
2.02 GHz
System Memory:
7.95 GB
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