Computer crashes if left unattended AND running uTorrent, what could be?
- by DiegoDD
I have a weird problem in which, if I leave my computer unattended, AND I leave uTorrent open, downloading/seeding, the computer simply crashes after about 20 / 30 minutes (don't know exactly since if I leave it, and come back later, it has already restarted or has a BSOD.)
If I leave the computer alone for undefined time WITHOUT uTorrent, nothing happens, and if I am constantly using the computer while using uTorrent, no problem either (I could be using it all day with uT open and it doesn't crash).
So what could it be that the combination of those cases makes the computer crash?
I have already checked the power management so the computer never enters stand by mode, sleep, hibernate, etc. (the only thing I do is turn off the display).
A first guess is that maybe one of my external hard drives DO sleep or enters in a "low power" mode or something if I don't use the PC. but since uT is running MAYBE tries to use that drive, and makes it crash. Could that be possible?
How to know for sure if the external drive does that, and to prevent it from doing so.
Any more ideas of what may be causing that?
Specs:
Windows 7 Pro, 64-bit, 2 GB RAM.
Latest version of uTorrent (although it has been happening for a while now).
UPDATE:
i just found out that uTorrent has Disk cache options ( preferences - advanced - disk cache ). I have no idea if that may be causing problems with my external drive, hence causing the crash.
