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| Thread ID: 96690 | 2009-01-19 09:50:00 | Is Skype the cause of computer crash | Woody (710) | Press F1 |
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| 740259 | 2009-01-19 09:50:00 | B]Skype + webcam XP SP2.[/B] During comtact with friend in China last week, on two occasions my PC shut down and rebooted. No apparent reason just down and up. This was in the middle of a conversation with nothing unusual happening. The only thing I can think of is a momentary power flick although I didn't notice it on the house lights or anything. Have any of you skypers ever experienced anything like this? It's never happened before or since but twice in 15 mins?? :illogical:angry Thanks for any suggestions |
Woody (710) | ||
| 740260 | 2009-01-19 10:02:00 | Check your Event Viewer to see why the crash is occurring. Go to Start -> Run -> Type in: eventvwr Copy and paste any odd entries that you find. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 740261 | 2009-01-19 11:11:00 | Thanks for suggestion but nothing appears to be obvious around that time. Mind you I don't really know what to look for. |
Woody (710) | ||
| 740262 | 2009-01-19 11:28:00 | Look for any entries with a ! or X beside them. Double click on it. Then click on the icon under the down arrow. Paste it here Press the windows key + pause / advanced tab. Bottom settings. Untick automatically restart. Then when it crashes, it may show a file / driver. Tell us what it says / is |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 740263 | 2009-01-21 10:34:00 | Thanks for sugestions guys, there don't appear to be any warnings of alert symbols around the time that the problem ocurred. As it's about a week or so that I had the prob I may be a bit astray with the exact time/date. Thanks again for your help. I'll take more note of all details if it happens again. Cheers |
Woody (710) | ||
| 740264 | 2009-01-21 19:07:00 | I think you answered your own question. Esp since it hasn't done it again. The only thing I can think of is a momentary power flick although I didn't notice it on the house lights or anything ANY sort of power fluctuation can cause a PC to crash / reboot - thats why you need to have a UPS on the systems - a surge protector may save you from minor power surges, but it wont do anything in a power outage, or drop - also known as a brownout. |
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