Windows Crash/lockup

Pauly

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I have a problem with one of my office machines, it has been working fine up until last week when the machine will, when left unattended for couple hours, not wake.

I generally leave this machine on over weekends so i can remotely connect from home when i discovered i could not reach it as it was shown as offline, i went to office to find pc powered but display in standby and would not wake. I eventually have to force shutdown by holding power button then machine will immediately reboot & function fine. Will sleep and wake OK during day hour or two at a time but if left for several hours or overnight wont and im not sure the best way to go about debugging this.


Have checked event viewer and some errors do show but these occured approx 30 mins before machine going offline where there are entries for services shutting down. No minidumps generated so its not blue screening and i havent made any system changes or installed/uninstalled any software other than win updates, what can i do to trace the source of this problem

Machine is running win 7 32bit

Thanks Paul
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Pauly Special
OS
Win7 Ultimate X64
CPU
Intel i5 3570K
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z77X-DS3H
Memory
8GB DDR3 1600
Graphics Card(s)
Onboard
Sound Card
Onboard
Screen Resolution
1280x1024
Hard Drives
Samsung 840 Evo SSD (OS)
1TB Spinner (Data)
PSU
800W Arctic
Case
Cooler Master
Cooling
3x120mm Fans
Keyboard
MS Wireless
Mouse
MS Wireless
Internet Speed
20M
Ok so i had a good look through event viewer and the only critical or serious errors related to the forced shutdown/reboot so no clues there, have checked temperatures and all seem normal so doesnt appear to be heat issue, not sure how best to go about tracing the root of this problem

Any input gratefully received
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Pauly Special
OS
Win7 Ultimate X64
CPU
Intel i5 3570K
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z77X-DS3H
Memory
8GB DDR3 1600
Graphics Card(s)
Onboard
Sound Card
Onboard
Screen Resolution
1280x1024
Hard Drives
Samsung 840 Evo SSD (OS)
1TB Spinner (Data)
PSU
800W Arctic
Case
Cooler Master
Cooling
3x120mm Fans
Keyboard
MS Wireless
Mouse
MS Wireless
Internet Speed
20M
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