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PC Rebooting Constantly
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Name: Timothy M. Wagner
Date: December 4, 2003 at 21:13:19 Pacific
Subject: PC Rebooting Constantly
OS: Win2k
CPU/Ram: 933mhz / 128mb
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Comment: Hey persons, Help me out. I am doing some on the side computer work for my brothers workplace. Well, they have a computer that constantly reboots. It gets to a certain point and just reboots. Now, i know you are saying its probably a windows prob. Well, the computer was originally running ME but I thought it was a software prob...cuz ME is crap...and start loading 2k...well, it hits the same point in the install process and reboots. No messages, no errors. I have systematically disabled all the onboard components, moved the RAM in its slots, put a different stick of RAM in and replaced the HD. The first thing i checked was the cooling fans and everything is kosher. I am beginning to think its a motherboard prob but considering a replacement IBM part keyboard is 250 bucks I am hesitant. Anyone have any ideas or know any good hardware diagnostic tools that will work? TIA...and just so ya know, i am a system tech but typically when we have elusive probs like this we contract out to another company to do actual testing and whatnot. Thats not an option i want to explore because its pricey. Thanks again.
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Response Number 1
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Name: ranchhand
Date: December 4, 2003 at 22:03:33 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Does the computer reboot while you are installing XP, or while XP is booting? When did it start this, I mean, was it running okay and then started, or what did you do immediately before it started these probs?
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Response Number 2
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Name: Dave02
Date: December 5, 2003 at 01:43:36 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I would download Aida32 and run it on the computer. It'll identify your hardware and sometimes it will find problems as well. You can find Aida32 by doing a search on Google.com. It could be the power supply going out on you. A bad NIC card. Bad RAM. Who knows. It seems as though some piece of your hardware has suffered some laten damage. Although it didn't completely wipe it out, it got damaged enough to cause it to act squirely. I would just disconnect things, one at the time, until the problem goes away. Then you'll know what your bad hardware is. It just built a system a few weeks ago and right off the bat it would reboot itself, every hour or so. It turned out to be a bad RAM card. I got lucky, because that was where I started troubleshooting, and I didn't have to change anything else. Good Luck.
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Response Number 3
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Name: Stuart
Date: December 5, 2003 at 05:23:01 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I would go for the power supply. A computer that previously was running well then sudenly start re-booting is almost certainly showing signs of a failing power supply. Stuart
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Response Number 4
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Name: Timothy M. Wagner
Date: December 5, 2003 at 05:37:29 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Thanks for the help guys but I doubt seriously thats the answer. The problems started when the computer was running ME and have continued thru trying to reinstall the OS. Dave02...dont mean to sound sarcastic but I have done all that and said so in the message. As far as it being a Power supply issue...i would tend to agree with you BUT the computer will stay up for hours as long as I dont try to go into windows. Trust me, i have tried the obvious stuff. Well, i shall try aida and see if that takes me anywhere...thanks again, gents. Keep the ideas coming.
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Response Number 5
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Name: Stuart
Date: December 5, 2003 at 07:52:53 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)>> BUT the computer will stay up for hours as long as I dont try to go into windows << Thats another clue that it is the power supply. If it were a software problem the computer would crash, sieze up, produce error messages, but not re-boot. Ehile the computer is in DOS, the power requirements are minimal. As soon as you try to load the GUI, power requirments increase, the video goes in high res mode, disk drives start churning, memory is working hard, the CPU goes into overtime and the power supply gives up and turns it selelf of. With all this load removed, it turns itself back on again and re-boots. Stuart
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Response Number 6
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Name: AlexeiKubarev
Date: December 26, 2003 at 10:33:58 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I ve got the same problem...
I have quite an old pc...
P3 667Mhz with 384 Mb ram...
The problem started a few weeks after i connected a second HD... i believe my poor 235W PSU cannot bare 2 HDD dvd-rom and a CD-wr plus extra 2 fans which totaly take about 80W... im not sure that im writing the correct stuff...
all i know that i hade Win Xp and then i couldnt even reinstall the sistem cuz it kept on rebboting itself all the time...
and then i got really lucky -- i succeeded with ME install... even thou it didnt help...
so all i need to do id buy a new PSU? well i hope 350W will work....
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Response Number 7
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Name: pelle989
Date: January 14, 2004 at 16:29:41 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Also having the same problem with constant rebooting. Its an IBM with WinME, after removing all of the expansion cards and trying to do a system restore and not getting anywhere, I decided to use the Restore Disk's IBM provided. However the computer reboots when it enters windows to even finish installing windows components like the Control Panel, Start Menu, etc... I dont have enough time to run 'Aida32' in the OS before it goes down. Although I've never heard of this before 'Stuart' makes a very good point about the p/s issue and it seems to make very logical sence. I will test it out, let me know if you get any other ideas.
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