| 4/15/2012 5:32:22 PM |
Troubleshooting a disruptive shutdown (reboot) |
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rick0123
Salt Lake City, UT
30, joined Jan. 2012
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There is a Windows Server 2008 server machine which has had a disruptive shutdown ( it rebooted on it's own at night). This is not the only time this has occurred. It's happened approximately two and a half weeks ago as well. How would I go about finding out what caused the reboot?
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| 4/16/2012 7:52:04 AM |
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camperpaul
Zion, IL
73, joined Mar. 2008
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The first place to look is the power-line...
Beg, borrow or otherwise procure a battery operated power-line monitor.
The ultimate solution to the problem may be an "On-Line UPS".
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| 4/17/2012 2:30:15 PM |
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pelham12345
Bronx, NY
33, joined Dec. 2011
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Could be many things... Overheating, power supply is dying or damaged in some way, virus etc..
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| 4/17/2012 4:42:42 PM |
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camperpaul
Zion, IL
73, joined Mar. 2008
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I have seen this sort of thing happen when the cleaning lady plugged her vacuum cleaner into the wrong outlet. The electrical noise from the motor would cause the computer to reboot.
If you can find it, read:
"Transients, Spikes and Things That Go 'Glitch' In The Night".
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| 4/20/2012 9:32:40 PM |
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rick0123
Salt Lake City, UT
30, joined Jan. 2012
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Right. It could be many things. The server has redundant power too. 
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| 4/22/2012 5:01:55 AM |
Troubleshooting a disruptive shutdown (reboot) |
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ylekiot
Minden, NV
59, joined Sep. 2007
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Right. It could be many things. The server has redundant power too.
Have you read any of the Event Logs? They will sometimes contain some useful troubleshooting info.
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| 4/29/2012 12:58:57 AM |
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rick0123
Salt Lake City, UT
30, joined Jan. 2012
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I've read the event logs. They just show a disruptive shutdown happening. It has a redundant power system so it should never run out of power. It's been good so far since the last incident.
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| 5/1/2012 2:19:09 PM |
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colonialvip
Pittsburgh, PA
47, joined Jan. 2012
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yep agreed could be many things.
Since it has a redundant power supply change the power cord lol then see if it happens again
I would also run a extremely thorough virus scanner and a spyware scanner. Just to be on the safe side. MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE REGISTRY AND CLEAN IT OUT. Also when did the problem start go back to if anything was installed (hardware and software) or downloaded? If not also and this could be something a little weird check the redundant power supply make sure it doesn't have a problem. Also like others said the fans etc.
I believe if you start from there, it should solve the problem unless its something major (hopefully not) like the server dieing. Had that happen once its not fun.
Hopefully wont be anything major 
i would ask why you would use windows for a server lol but thats another topic all together lol
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| 5/7/2012 8:51:52 AM |
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blankyblanky
San Antonio, TX
46, joined May. 2012
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I agree the ultimate fix is to use an Amiga - true unix. heck at least linux. 
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| 5/7/2012 11:41:16 AM |
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jayuko_hutenjin
Euless, TX
28, joined Jun. 2011
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Double check to see if any updates were installed.
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| 5/7/2012 11:44:14 AM |
Troubleshooting a disruptive shutdown (reboot) |
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blankyblanky
San Antonio, TX
46, joined May. 2012
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updates are bad. They increase security flaws . Also, turn off the restore and turn off updates and firewall. Use Bitdefender and ccleaner . Plus, real thing use as less of mickysoft as possible.
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