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by DougLorenz
Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:19 pm
Forum: Blue Iris 5
Topic: Diagnosing Computer Crashes
Replies: 15
Views: 15527

Re: Diagnosing Computer Crashes

DougLorenz: Does Reliability History give you any info ? You can click on previous days and it gives you the errors from that day. You can then double click on each event to see what it is about. Other than that, as as been said before, it's likely to be drivers or hardware. You just have to rule t...
by DougLorenz
Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:23 am
Forum: Blue Iris 5
Topic: Diagnosing Computer Crashes
Replies: 15
Views: 15527

Re: Diagnosing Computer Crashes

I should learn to read [emoji3] For freezes like that I’d install software to monitor the temp of the CPU and run some memory tests. Bad memory is something that would cause lockup’s so make sure you run tests on it using some decent software. I ran the system's memory test, and it came back fine. ...
by DougLorenz
Fri Aug 21, 2020 4:13 pm
Forum: Blue Iris 5
Topic: Diagnosing Computer Crashes
Replies: 15
Views: 15527

Re: Diagnosing Computer Crashes

Great info, and I'll start digging into it today and see where it leads... BTW, unless some sort of product like this already exists, I was thinking that taking a Sonoff switch and reprogramming the ESP8266 inside to listen for a heartbeat and powercycle the computer if it doesn't get it, combined w...
by DougLorenz
Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:22 pm
Forum: Blue Iris 5
Topic: Diagnosing Computer Crashes
Replies: 15
Views: 15527

Re: Diagnosing Computer Crashes

Basically, the system just stops what it was doing. If the screen was on at the moment of death, it stays on, but frozen at that last moment. Mouse, keyboard, drive lights, nothing changes. Nothing I've tried can bring the system back out from this other than a manual power cycle. I don't know what ...
by DougLorenz
Wed Aug 19, 2020 3:45 pm
Forum: Blue Iris 5
Topic: Diagnosing Computer Crashes
Replies: 15
Views: 15527

Diagnosing Computer Crashes

Hi, I've been using Blue Iris for a few months now, and it has been working great with one problem... Every few days the computer it is running on just stops working, completely freezing up and requiring that the computer be powered off and back on again. Obviously, this stops the recording and rend...