Abrupt System Shutdown

Question

Hi,

I was surfing with IE7 and was viewing a Webpage and as I clicked a link for no apparent reason my I9300 system made an audible noise and powered down. I waited a few minutes trying to understand what just happened, then booted up. Everything is fine like nothing happened??? No error messages??? It was not a household electric power issue and there are no thunderstorms or anything like that. It really startled me and I'm wondering what, if anything further I should do?

Your every consideration is appreciated.

Thank you,

Bob

Balaji Ramanath · Answer

Look in the event viewer for any mention of error messages around the time this happened.  The event viewer can be accessed through Start->All Programs->Administrative Tools->Event Viewer.  You might also want to run the diagnostics on the computer to see if something shows up there.

rjmat · Answer

Hi, Thanks for your reply. The first thing I did was check Event Viewer and Error Log, no cognizant entries. Thanks, Bob

Balaji Ramanath · Answer

If the diagnostic also fails to throw up anything, I would say forget about it (except be careful when you revisit that site!)

Balaji Ramanath · Answer

Diagnostics was suggested just to put your mind at ease since it will probably turn up nothing.  And I agree that WebMD is probably safe, but so many sites get hacked nowadays, so you can never say something is 100% safe.  In any case, if you were behind a good router and you had anti-virus, anti-spyware, software firewall, etc., I don't think you have anything to worry about.

rjmat · Answer

Hi Balaji, I have this system 2 1/2 years and this is a first; if it happens again I'll definitely be concerned. Thank for all your help, you've been very kind. Bob

rjmat · Answer

Hi, I have not done any diagnostics. Do you think its necessary? The site was WebMD which I would consider to be safe, however, I have not tried to repeat my steps. Thank you, Bob

Balaji Ramanath · Answer

You are welcome, and good luck.

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