hoster shutdown

[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

[mindonstrike]

Could the vents be getting blocked at your gig where as there not at home? On my laptop (which I don't use for karaoke) there's only about a 1/4" clearence between the exhaust fan on the bottom and the table. If this gets blocked you can over heat, same with the intake vents on the side. It might not be a bad idea to rest the laptop on a couple of short pieces of 1x2 to make it easier for the computer exhaust excess heat.

I use two shuttles that sit in my equip rack, and the only time I had problems like you describe I discovered I forgot to open the back of the rack to let out exhausted hot air.

Heat is a mortal enemy of electronics, even if the heat is not sufficient to cause the item to shutdown it will over time cause components to fail prematurly , which is why you'll find that many businesses that have a "computer room" air condition it to the point of being uncomfortably cold.

Another possibility is a bad power supply. One of my shuttles would shutdown and try to reboot at totally random times, sometimes after 5 minutes, sometimes after 5 hours and sometimes after 2 weeks. I struggled with this for several months untill I replaced the power supply and have'nt had a problem since (about 8 months now).

Hope this helps.
Sam

[bobcox- with the Lord]

Eric i thinks your on to something. i set up at home opened 3 programs like i do at gigs, let it cook a couple of hrs, then i took a disc smeared it with my fingers made it pretty dirty, (and hoster shut down) when i tried to import it while another song was playing. dirty disc who woulda thunk Bob

[Eric Whitehouse]

All you need is a guest singer to bring in a disc he has previously used as a beer mat, load it into your laptop and you will have problems. I learnt the hard way. Now I always check each of my guest singers discs prior to adding to my playlist, never had any problems since.

[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