This has happened only once, but i am afraid that it will become frequent. The computer just shutdown while i was on youtube. It almost immediately came up with the"system did not shutdown correctly" on it's own and I clicked" start windows normally". Power was still being supplied to the components though.
Here are 2 long event logs that were logged at the time of the event
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-WHEA-Logger
Date: 1/28/2012 5:59:57 PM
Event ID: 20
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: LOCAL SERVICE
Computer: EvilSaiyan
Description:
A fatal hardware error has occurred.
Component: AMD Northbridge
Error Source: Machine Check Exception
Error Type: HyperTransport Watchdog Timeout Error
Processor ID: 0
The details view of this entry contains further information.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="
http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-WHEA-Logger" Guid="{C26C4F3C-3F66-4E99-8F8A-39405CFED220}" />
<EventID>20</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-01-28T23:59:57.935057800Z" />
<EventRecordID>9079</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{60351905-B8F7-41C3-8E09-8DBEA8987C55}" />
<Execution ProcessID="1472" ThreadID="1892" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>EvilSaiyan</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-19" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="ErrorSource">3</Data>
<Data Name="ApicId">0</Data>
<Data Name="MCABank">4</Data>
<Data Name="MciStat">0xfa00000000070f0f</Data>
<Data Name="MciAddr">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="MciMisc">0xc00a0fff01000000</Data>
<Data Name="ErrorType">7</Data>
<Data Name="Length">928</Data>
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</EventData>
</Event>
Here is the other event log that was recorded when the system shutdown
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
Date: 1/28/2012 5:59:32 PM
Event ID: 41
Task Category: (63)
Level: Critical
Keywords: (2)
User: SYSTEM
Computer: EvilSaiyan
Description:
The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="
http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" />
<EventID>41</EventID>
<Version>2</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>63</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-01-28T23:59:32.487214000Z" />
<EventRecordID>8994</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>EvilSaiyan</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="BugcheckCode">0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="SleepInProgress">false</Data>
<Data Name="PowerButtonTimestamp">0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
I do not beleive the problem is the PSU. I hope the problem is software related, Not a hardware problem
I am not overclocking anything. I have not changed anything in the system recently either.
Any educated help would be greatly apprecitaed. Sorry the thread is so long.