Macbook turns off even when energy saver preferences are set to stay on

Hi all,
I would consider myself fairly experienced with OS X now but this has really got me. I am trying to leave my Mac on during the night, so I made sure that the energy saver preferences are set so that:
Computer sleep: Never
Display Sleep: Never
Put the hard disks to sleep when possible: Not ticked
Wake for network access: Not ticked
Automatically reduce....: Not ticked
Start up automatically: Not ticked
So as you can see it should have no reason not to stay on over night. Also I am using the power adapter.
Please if anyone could help it would be really appreciated. Thanks

So, what if anything is set under the "schedule" option in energy saver (which is the only energy saver option normally likely to actually shut it down, rather than send it to sleep, but not mentioned in your post)?
Does the shut down occur at a set time or erratically? (Check your logs to find out, if you haven't been awake when the shutdown occurs). You should also be able to tell from the logs whether it is a controlled shut down or a "crash"
Cheers
Rod

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