http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Win 2k3 server freezing randomly en Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:53:08 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/win-2k3-server-freezing-randomly#post-36688 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:47:34 +0000 Mustang27 36688@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I have Win2k3 OS server. PowerEdge SC420. Past few months we have been having these freezes, which need a hardkill and reboot.<br /> I have done the following<br /> a. CheckDisk on all the drives.<br /> b. Defragged all the drives.<br /> c. Ran the Anti Virus<br /> d. Increased the memory by 2 GB<br /> e. Has two built in fans for 1. Power Supply 2. Motherboard Heat sink. 3. A Cooling fan.</p> <p>Do you folks any idea why the server is freezing. </p> <p>This is the event viewer log (system)<br /> "The previous system shutdown at 1:46:50 AM on 7/22/2008 was unexpected." This was logged at 7: 56 when one of the staff switched on the computer.<br /> The entry prior to it is at 10.36 PM "The Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider service entered the stopped state."</p> <p>This is the event viewer log (Application)<br /> At 10.25PM "End Verify of 'D:' 'The operation was successfully completed.' Consult the backup report for more detail. " This was a backup operation of D Drive. </p>