hoster shutdown

[Nitecat]

Well, I didn't have a chance to try importing a singer's disc again while playing a song. This time at my show while a singer was singing, my entire computer screen went black and my computer shutdown. On top of that, I could never get the computer to turn back on. I was back to flipping discs all night. Yikes! I keep having trouble. When I got home, I tried out the laptop and geez, it powered up and worked just fine. Must have been another ghost!

Compaq 2.8
Windows XP
SP2
9200 ATI

[Digital Party]

I had a computer shutdown because of heat once........could this be a problem? How long had you been playing by the time the shut-down occured?

[bobcox- with the Lord]

when i first started useing Hoster about my 3rd gig that happend to me thank god it was end of night when i got home i set it up and it would not boot. turned out to be a stuck key on ibm keyboard that i had got used, got a new key board and never happend again, by the way i used that girls disc again on thurs, same song imported perfect no problem. must of been just one of those things, and i hope just a one time thing. Bob

[Nitecat]

I hadn't been running more than an hour at the most when my pc shut down. I doubt if it was a heat problem. If a key stuck, I wouldn't know. Everything worked fine once home and I have no idea why it happened. Any other ideas?

[Eric Whitehouse]

I had a similar experience about 6 weeks ago and when I checked the singers disc it was marked and dirty. Could an unreadable disc be the problem ?

[Nitecat]

The singer had been singing a song that was from my kma songs database. It was not a singer's disc, so can't be that. Someone here at work suggested that my AC power may not have been plugged in all the way and I may have been running off battery power, which could have run out. I really thought I checked all the cables when this happened, but it's hard to know now what might have happened.

[KickinKaraoke]

Hello Nitecat,

Well if you go to "Start\Settings\Control Panel\Power Options" then on the "Advanced" tab and check the "Always show icon on taskbar" You will be able to see if your running on AC Power ot the battery.

Best,

Roger

[admin]

Originally Posted by Nitecat

I hadn't been running more than an hour at the most when my pc shut down. I doubt if it was a heat problem. If a key stuck, I wouldn't know. Everything worked fine once home and I have no idea why it happened. Any other ideas?

Your computer can overhead within minutes if the air vents get blocked. An hour is MORE than enough time to overheat. Also, until it cooled back down overheating would probably prevent the computer from restarting.

Make sure you keep your air vents open....

[Nitecat]

I have run this laptop for Hoster using the exact same setup for 4-5 hours at a time with no problems before. Based on all of your suggestions, I will consider raising the laptop somehow so it's guaranteed to have good airflow underneath. Thanks for all of the advice. This forum is great. It's nice how everyone seems to come to one's rescue.

[mindonstrike]

Another thought. Note the time these things happen and go to start/control panel/administrative tools/event viewer. Maybe your computer will tell you whats going on.

Sam