Bit of a long shot - Has anyone ever seen this warning window appear?

JB · Dec 11, 2012, 08:36:51

I'm just wondering if anyone has seen the attached window appear?

I'm using Win7 which is fully up to date. I've scanned with two virus scanners and also Malwarbytes but nothing has been found.

This window appears, perhaps once a week, immediately after first boot in the morning. It appears at the top left hand corner of the screen. Any attempt to left or right click and it vanishes. I've ctrl-alt-del into task manager but can't see any process that might cause it. In any event, the fact that it vanishes with any kind of click seem to me to indicate that whatever generated it is no longer running.

It does look a bit Adobe-ish, but so far can't pin it down.

Grateful if anyone has any ideas?

Glenn · Dec 11, 2012, 08:50:54

I've not seen it on any of my W7 machines, I take it the the PC is clear of known viruses/malware?

JB · Dec 11, 2012, 09:03:33

Quote from: Glenn on Dec 11, 2012, 08:50:54
I've not seen it on any of my W7 machines, I take it the the PC is clear of known viruses/malware?

Yes it is. Scanned twice and run Malwarebytes - nothing found.

I've built perhaps 10 or 12 W7 machines for people over the last few years and never seen this before. It has to be generated by some specific program I am using but wondered if anyone else had seen anything similar.

Steve · Dec 11, 2012, 09:32:26

I wonder if it's originating from a bios setting.

Simon · Dec 11, 2012, 12:04:04

It might be more helpful if it told you what it was warning you about.

Is there anything in the error logs that might give any clues?

JB · Dec 11, 2012, 12:30:38

Quote from: Simon on Dec 11, 2012, 12:04:04
It might be more helpful if it told you what it was warning you about. Is there anything in the error logs that might give any clues?

That's just the point Simon, I have no f**ing idea what it is allegedly warning me about

There is nothing in any log and no process running to indicate what put this seemingly dead window there.

I was rather hoping someone would have seen it before!

MisterW · Dec 11, 2012, 13:43:42

QuoteI wonder if it's originating from a bios setting.

That would be my guess. Temperature, Voltage or Fan monitoring perhaps ?

JB · Dec 11, 2012, 15:13:44

Thanks for the ideas guys. It's an Asus board and I am running the AI Suite to monitor CPU & temps etc..

I keep an eye on those settings.

MisterW · Dec 11, 2012, 15:55:22

This http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2275900 seems to indicate it might well be an AI Suite warning

JB · Dec 11, 2012, 16:00:39

Thanks MisterW, that looks like it.

I'll do some more checking. I'll bet it is something like the CPU fan not starting immediately due to the cold weather. The fan is good and I only de-dusted it all a couple of months ago.

Cheers.

Steve · Dec 11, 2012, 17:43:16

That looks like it to me, possibly a fan slow to spool up to the lower alarm limit?

JB · Dec 11, 2012, 20:57:19

I think that's right Steve.

Steve · Dec 11, 2012, 21:04:47

I think I've seen this before in Bios, can't recall which fan it was either, but obviously I'd enabled a power management option. I think I probably just set the minimum speed to 0. The red triangle I wouldn't have seen though.

Technical Ben · Dec 12, 2012, 13:17:42

Quote from: Steve on Dec 11, 2012, 17:43:16
That looks like it to me, possibly a fan slow to spool up to the lower alarm limit?

If there are settings, set the fan speed slightly higher. Fan speed is not a worry, as temp is the main indicator. Checking a fan speed just helps you to keep an eye on a failure or dust build up before the temp overheats, but only by a few seconds.

JB · Dec 12, 2012, 14:07:50

Update:

Issue sorted, with thanks to all.

Basically, whilst we are decorating, my computer is temporarily located in a room without central heating, in which the temperature has been dropping very low on these frosty mornings. The fan was set to auto which meant that as the CPU was very cold for the first few seconds during boot up and the (over sensitive ?) AI program was flagging up the warning before the fan actually kicked in. I measured the time and it was 5 seconds after boot before the fan turned.

I've solved it by setting the BIOS to bring the fan on straight away during boot. When we have finished our final painting, which should be at the end of this week, the computer will be moved back into my cosy study and I'll set the fan section in the BIOS back to fully auto again.

Phew! No virus or malware.

Simon · Dec 12, 2012, 14:11:02

Thanks for the update!

cavillas · Dec 12, 2012, 16:43:24

or it could be just warning you that you have Windows on your machine.

Technical Ben · Dec 12, 2012, 18:13:37

Well, without them, how else can you see through it?