Couldnt solve it so formatted and reinstalled XP (figured it was down
to windows updates)
So as i said i figured it was the windows updates so I dloaded all
apart from the most recent. Rebooted & installed. All good no
probs, so i figure ive cracked it....
Spend another hour or so installing apps i use, customising it all how
i like it. numerous reboots after installations still no probs.
Watch a video in media player.... installed cuteftp which i hadnt done
previously so this cant be the prob. rebooted again to complete
installation, windows loads up with the jingle then reboots like
someone has just turned off the power!
No error messages, no blue screens, just power off and on again. Now
its stuck in a loop again like this!! Now this seems pretty random to
me and I've now come to conclusion it must be a hardware prob??
The systems not overloaded power wise by the way.
I cant boot up in safe mode either cos the standard keys dont seem to
work F8 selects the boot device on my system and the pause/break key
has no effect.
How the hell do i break the loop and isolate the prob?! All the guides
Ive found involve changing settings in windows which i cant get too?!
I pretty sure its not a software issue, its not like I installed
something and then the system loops. There are no glitches in the
actual boot sequence it performs the POST actions fine, XP startup
screen fine. Its so odd?
Ideas anyone please!!! I'm not reinstalling everything for the 3rd
time for it to randomly hot again.
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Check here for possible Network culprits.
"swana2k" <n...@spam.invalid> wrote in message
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If you HAVE already done the above: Are you using a firewall? There are worms/viruses
that cause reboots. Some systems reboot when they overheat because the fan is not working
properly. Have you checked your RAM? Faulty memory can also cause reboots. Is it
possible that you are installing older hardware drivers AFTER the Windows updates, and
that there is a conflict between an older driver and a Windows update?
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"swana2k" <n...@spam.invalid> wrote in message
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Just using the windows firewall.
As for drivers... only ones im updating after SP2 are graphics card
(geforce FX 5200 - Nvidia) and (Sound card - Creative Audigy 2 ZS).
Will check the memory too. 2 x 512Mb Corsair.
The system was stable before introducing the wireless it seems. I mean
the onboard wireless was installed but not actually active on a
network.
It boots to windows and a window flashes up too quick to see and it
reboots so im thinking it may be the first startup item?? I've also
tried hitting ctl alt del quickly to see what processes are running
briefly.