Computer keeps restarting
Saturday, July 15, 2006 by jazzymjr | Discussion: Windows XP
A friend on mine's computer all of a sudden just keeps restarting. Cannot load windows, gain access to the root directory, etc. Sometimes the boot screen will show up, other times, it won't. Checked the bios and everything looks fine there. I even changed the boot drive to the CD ROM, put the XP disk in, but it still does the restart thing. Once in a while, a BSOD will flash momentarily, but can't read what's on there....too fast.
I put in a new power supply cause his was awfully hot. Figured it might be because it was over-heating. But that was a no go as well. I cannot access his floppy drive either.
No new hardware installed in over a couple of months....so, I figured that can't be it. I even unplugged all peripherals except for the video card, sound card, mouse, and keyboard.
I am totally stumped....anyone have any ideas?
I put in a new power supply cause his was awfully hot. Figured it might be because it was over-heating. But that was a no go as well. I cannot access his floppy drive either.
No new hardware installed in over a couple of months....so, I figured that can't be it. I even unplugged all peripherals except for the video card, sound card, mouse, and keyboard.
I am totally stumped....anyone have any ideas?
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ntisafron
Reply #22 Friday, August 11, 2006 8:08 AM
Reply #22 Friday, August 11, 2006 8:08 AM
Usually the solutions to the worst of problems are more than simple and basic,begin from the beginning,take care.
jazzymjr
Reply #23 Friday, August 11, 2006 2:35 PM
Reply #23 Friday, August 11, 2006 2:35 PM
Well, I've re-built the computer with the new stuff! Works great...he is now a hppy camper!
Thanks all, for the suggestions, help.
Thanks all, for the suggestions, help.
LittleBearJason
Reply #24 Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:06 PM
Reply #24 Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:06 PM
Could be a ...Memory issue. I once bought some ram to upgrade my machine, and when I put it in my machine , it constantly rebooted my machine.
It was bad sticks! Even the BIOS kept whining about it.
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Stupid me didnt read this issue was already solved. But I had to comment about it anyways
It was bad sticks! Even the BIOS kept whining about it.
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Stupid me didnt read this issue was already solved. But I had to comment about it anyways
hardknocklife
Reply #25 Saturday, September 9, 2006 1:23 PM
Reply #25 Saturday, September 9, 2006 1:23 PM
I suggest checking your processor and getting a new cooling system, because if that doesn't work properly in keeping your system cool, it will blow up 
spinal
Reply #26 Sunday, October 1, 2006 9:33 AM
Reply #26 Sunday, October 1, 2006 9:33 AM
my laptop randomly didnt load windows all the way, most of the time it would switch off during windows loading, i tried the usual things, safemode did exactly the same, i checked for over heating, power connection etc. turns out windows either hadnt installed properly, or i corrupted it later, reinstalling windows fixed my problem completely (of cource booting up to backup my stuff took a while).
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Reply #21 Saturday, July 29, 2006 2:21 PM
If it doesn't work, its most likely a hardware problem, such as Hard Drive, memory etc. Unlikely to be processor, if there is a problem with the processor, it wouldn't work at all.
Hope this helps
It turned out to be his motherboard....got fried from a power surge from the power supply. It also took out the hard drive. I will be re-building it when the hardware gets here, hopefully early next week.