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by michedlp

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NT has been shutting down on and off for no apparent reason recently. I get a few errors in event viewer, with event id 5001, could not allocate resources necessary for operation.
I can't find what that id means on Technet but i do know it's one ofthe network cards. that card is a bridge onto another network, and it's running a prxy server, but i have not had these problems until recently.
any help would be appreciated!

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by dawsopolis

In Device Manager, right-click the network adapter, and then click Properties.

Click the Power Management tab, and then click to clear the Allow this computer to turn off this device to save power check box.

by curlergirl

Are you getting BSOD's or is the system simply shutting down without any BSOD or specific errors showing up in the logs? If you're not getting a BSOD, then the cause might be hardware - have you checked things like power supply, UPS, memory, etc.?I've also heard of spontaneous shutdowns being caused by video drivers, but not by NIC card drivers, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. Usually these things require long and careful troubleshooting. If you can rule out hardware causes, then I'd make sure all of your drivers (video, NICS, etc.) are up to date. Then, if that doesn't fix it, you need to start uninstalling 3rd-party apps until you find the one that's causing the problem. Hope this helps!

by michedlp

Thanks it did help..
It turns out one of the NIC's on the motherboard was shorting out, so now i have stopped usind it and there are no more problems

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