Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" Newsgroups: aus.cars,aus.computers Subject: Re: Windows OS Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 16:46:14 +1100 Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: <5678dd08$0$1511$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <567f14c9$0$2908$c3e8da3$76491128@news.astraweb.com> <567f4a13$0$1515$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <567f8e73$0$11102$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com> <567faa29$0$21718$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com> <567fbd21$0$1594$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <567fc87b$0$1531$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <56805c86$0$1514$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5680c079$0$28208$c3e8da3$76491128@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net xEqfA7z7o0HCee1nmlcjRgQi6vwR7gkzZKZIsvYUka9riyDfY= Cancel-Lock: sha1:598RypDNe0PewBWg2du7XSfo8QA= In-Reply-To: <5680c079$0$28208$c3e8da3$76491128@news.astraweb.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Xref: csiph.com aus.cars:214291 aus.computers:49592 "D Walford" wrote in message news:5680c079$0$28208$c3e8da3$76491128@news.astraweb.com... > On 28/12/2015 9:39 AM, XR8 Sprintless wrote: >> On 28/12/2015 7:47 AM, D Walford wrote: >>> On 28/12/2015 7:08 AM, Rod Speed wrote: >>> >>>>>>> C7 CRC Error Count 0 100 100 0 OK: Always passes >>>> >>>> That's the one that would show that there is a problem with the >>>> data cable and the last 0 shows that there is no problem there. >>>> >>> Thanks, I might just replace it to be safe, it should be a lot easier to >>> replace while its still working than trying to recover if it totally >>> fails. >>> >>> >> There's a hell of a lot of bad shutdowns showing in there Daryl. Do you >> have the system running on a ups? > > Yes and its quite a few years old. > > Do you often turn it off without >> shutting it down? > > Never, only hit restart if it locks up, I normally never turn the machine > off, I just put it into sleep mode. > A few times it wouldn't restart until I turned the mains power off then > on. > > Rod's mentioned power issues. How old is the power >> supply and what sort is it? > > Maybe 2 years old, the computer was my sons and he used to play a lot of > games so its a high end machine, don't know what power supply it has. > > > A flaky power supply can give unexplained >> lock ups. >> >> You can get the same thing running on solar power without a high end >> power supply or a ups in the mix. I once had a customer whose machine >> performed faultlessly in the workshop but shutdown all the time and when >> I went on site the shutdowns coincided with the compressor on the fridge >> kicking in. The drop in power as the fridge drew more current was enough >> for the cheap power supply to fail. >> > > Mains power here is pretty reliable so I will try plugging in minus the > UPS. I'd try another power line from the power supply to the SSD too.