Add to Kurt's suggestions - see if there is a BIOS setting for sleep or other power saving settings.
-----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 11:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Development System Crashed Every Few Days On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 8:01 AM, John Bonner <nfs_j...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > As a software engineer I don't see many system issues so this one is > quite unusual to me. Every few days my system crashes and it "seems" > to occur overnight while the machine has gone to sleep. I say this > because the next time I use the machine it says "Resuming Windows" but > then after login nothing is open as I left it. Opening Chrome or IE > and I get the browse session closed unexpectedly restore windows? My > VM's are shut down and upon restart the VM's prompt me for restore or boot > normal options. > > Machine basics: > Dell M6600 > 16GB Ram > Win 7 Enterprise X64 SP1 > VMWare 9 > VS 2012 > > > I ran the Dell bios diagnostics including the full memory address > check and nothing turned up. Looking in the event log I always see a > chain of errors and then the crash happens. I have as of yet NOT torn > into the memory.dump but that will be the next step if nothing jumps out from > the event log. > > The vast majority of my errors are coming from the Service Control > Manager but almost random it seems. IKEEXT, ShellHWDetection, > IPBusEnu, etc. There is never a consistent event that starts the > downhill slide. The only thing consistent is something happens then > error after error till around 10 or so pile up within seconds and the > crash. Any advice or direction to start getting this figured out would be > greatly appreciated. > > TIA > JB o- If you configure your power settings so that the machine doesn't sleep, does still happen? o- Is this a new machine that you've just configured, or is it an older machine - I can't tell from the model number if that's a new Dell or not. If it's old, have you updated any drivers recently or added new software? o- Added new hardware recently? Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
