Computer Problem. Help!!! (1 Viewer)

[MuffinMan]

My computer keeps resetting for around 10 times before entering windows xp
also it is also know to reset in the middle of my work. Formatting doesnt help?? Any suggestions? I think its time for a new one

 

[velox]

Post specs. Ur motherboard may be faulty. Still under warranty?

 

[sunny]

Does it reboot at a particular point in the boot up? Or is it random?

 

[MedNez]

Anything newly installed, hardware or software? Making any beeping noises?

 

[MuffinMan]

before entering windows
and random after

its a pretty old one (2001) lol beggin my dad 2 get new one
I'll get a new one in this hols but b4 that i'll just have to live with it

 

[MuffinMan]

o yeh the "windows has failed to load" thingo comes up

for ppls with win xp
its the thing with

revert to last known good config
safe mode
etc
etc
but the revert doesnt work
after reset same thing happens

 

[sunny]

Try scandisk.

In my experience random reboots could be due to faulty RAM.
http://www.memtest.org/

 

[Grizzly]

I had this problem,

I realised that we were now in summer, and my CPU FAN was turned down to low, and the CPU was overheating, then reseting my comp 10/15mins into it.

 

[doe]

yep i second grizzly's diagnosis. take the case off and run a desk fan blowing into it and see if that helps. this happened to me, though in my case a dodgy repair shop had used sealant to stop the fan from running full speed. f***ers.

 

[neuro_logik]

before entering windows
and random after

its a pretty old one (2001) lol beggin my dad 2 get new one
I'll get a new one in this hols but b4 that i'll just have to live with it

I've had my machine since 2001 and I still find it adequate.

Anyway to my answer, I have to agree with sunny that It may be faulty RAM, It happened to me a couple of weeks ago, one of my 256 modules carked it and I couldnt boot into windows (Same problem with windows has failed to load and a BSOD) or linux (Kernel panics and Xserver wouldnt start). When booting up check in the bios for the total ram amount you have, If it is less then it used to be (Thats what happened to me it showed me 258 instead of the whole 512) then a module is screwed.

 

[Grizzly]

yep i second grizzly's diagnosis. take the case off and run a desk fan blowing into it and see if that helps. this happened to me, though in my case a dodgy repair shop had used sealant to stop the fan from running full speed. f***ers.

Actually, yeah, or a hair dryer that can do cold blowing works well.

 

[doe]

hmm could be ram yeah. another thing that happened once was the floppy drive wasnt seated correctly and every time youd put in or eject a floppy the machine would boot. also if the case got knocked sometimes it would reboot. at first we thought it was the ram so we made a memtest boot disk and inserted it. once it started running my boss thought hed check the ram on another machine ... and ejected the floppy, giving another reboot

we fixed it by the tried and true "take everything out and put it back in" method

 

[Casmira]

try doing "Revert too saved settings" or reinstalling windows, I've had dodgy windows installations

try too rule out software problems first

 

[MedNez]

Hrm. It may be software, however he did specify that formatting doesn't work - therefore unless it is XP or a driver conflict, then it's probably hardware. I can also vouch for the ram problem, 256mb sdram sticks seem to be very problematic!

 

[MuffinMan]

try doing "Revert too saved settings" or reinstalling windows, I've had dodgy windows installations

try too rule out software problems first

lol tried that before...pentium 4 here we come...

 

[MuffinMan]

Try scandisk.

In my experience random reboots could be due to faulty RAM.
http://www.memtest.org/

By the way which file is it?

 

[sunny]

Download the precompiled version for the media you want to use (ISO/binary/USB/floppy). Use the floppy package to create a bootable floppy with memtest on it.

 

[!! CaR`JiE !!]

how come formatting doesnt help?

 

[sunny]

how come formatting doesnt help?

Suggests a hardware related problem.

 

[blackbunny]

your pc's mobo fucked up. this happen to me before so i just bought new pc