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  • PC shutting down, system

    From bcw142@VERT to Xucaen on Thu Apr 7 11:01:00 2016
    Xucaen wrote to All <=-

    Two nights ago, my PC shut down again. I have no idea what could be causing it - perhapspower surge or something that would be my only
    guess at this point. However, this time, when I booted up the PC, something tried to format my A: drive. Luckily I don'
    <SNIP>
    Today, I checked on the PC and noticed my system date and time were
    wrong. Something changed it to January 2002 and the time was about 11 hours off. So I changed the time and date backto correct time and
    watch as 3 days worth of QWK packets unpacked.
    = Synchronet = The Time Portal - timeport.synchro.net:2112 - Home of Labyrinth.

    Generally virus don't reset time like that, that's the CMOS battery being low. First time starts dropping, then date & time go, then all the settings for CMOS go and you need to hit F1 to get it to boot at all. Hard tosay if it
    was trying to format or just boot (seek) A: to figure out the size of it. It sounds more like CMOS battery low or weak.


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  • From bcw142@VERT to Xucaen on Thu Apr 7 11:01:00 2016
    Xucaen wrote to Mro <=-

    Re: PC shutting down, system clock changed
    By: Xucaen to All on Mon Mar 28 2016 04:04 pm

    At this point I don't know what could be causing it, but I can't help but wonder if someone is able to hack into thePC without leaving a trace or
    if
    it could be a virus. The only ports I have open are the ones that the BBS

    your hardware is failing. check your hardware and your temps.

    What's a good way to check temps?

    If you can it's generally in BIOS under PC Health Status, there's also Speedfan that will work under Windows or Wine (Linux).


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