Logging software for Windows 10 PC

[David]

I've had intermittent issues with unexpected powering down for some time.

I am looking again for some way to track down anything abnormal just
before the PC powers off.

There are various options for PC monitoring software with data logging,
but I am only investigating these very slowly.

My basic need is for something that monitors, at a minimum, CPU
temperatures and logs the results on a regular basis to a log file.

I would need to be able to configure (and reconfigure) the log file name
and the rate of logging at a minimum.

Any recommendations?
Anyone already doing this?

Cheers



Dave R

[Andy Burns]

Post by David
I've had intermittent issues with unexpected powering down for some time.
I am looking again for some way to track down anything abnormal just
before the PC powers off.

Have you used the built-in Reliability Monitor?

[David]

Post by Andy Burns

Post by David
I've had intermittent issues with unexpected powering down for some time.
I am looking again for some way to track down anything abnormal just
before the PC powers off.

Have you used the built-in Reliability Monitor?

Didn't even know there was one.

Cheers



Dave R

[David]

Post by David

Post by Andy Burns

Post by David
I've had intermittent issues with unexpected powering down for some time.
I am looking again for some way to track down anything abnormal just
before the PC powers off.

Have you used the built-in Reliability Monitor?

Didn't even know there was one.

I was just investigating this when the PSU switched off.
No warnings reported apart from on restart that the PC failed to close
down cleanly.

Probably the PSU.

Cheers



Dave R

[Jaimie Vandenbergh]

Post by David
I've had intermittent issues with unexpected powering down for some time.

It's the PSU. It's always the PSU.

Software or CPU or RAM causes slowdowns or hangs or reboots. Only PSU
issues will give you actual powerdown.

Cheers - Jaimie

[Richard Kettlewell]

Post by Jaimie Vandenbergh

Post by David
I've had intermittent issues with unexpected powering down for some time.

How old is the PC?

Post by Jaimie Vandenbergh
It's the PSU. It's always the PSU.
Software or CPU or RAM causes slowdowns or hangs or reboots. Only PSU
issues will give you actual powerdown.

Overheating will do it too. I’ve had several PCs develop power-down
habits after a few years that were fixed by refreshing the paste between
CPU and heatsink.

[Jaimie Vandenbergh]

On 15 Jan 2025 at 11:42:43 GMT, "Richard Kettlewell"

Post by Richard Kettlewell

Post by Jaimie Vandenbergh

Post by David
I've had intermittent issues with unexpected powering down for some time.

How old is the PC?

Post by Jaimie Vandenbergh
It's the PSU. It's always the PSU.
Software or CPU or RAM causes slowdowns or hangs or reboots. Only PSU
issues will give you actual powerdown.

Overheating will do it too. I’ve had several PCs develop power-down
habits after a few years that were fixed by refreshing the paste between
CPU and heatsink.

That shouldn't be true for any CPU since about 2012, they all thermal
throttle hard enough that they'll go treacle or wedge entirely, but not
power down.

Cheers - Jaimie