Computer Continuously Rebooting

[mil10]

I have a machine that has recently started to continuously reboot
itself. Performing a system restore didn't help. I decided to
reformat the hard drive and do a clean install. The drive format
succeeded. Most of the install was completed, but the computer started
rebooting again before it could finish.

I have tried switching out my RAM, but that didn't help. Any ideas or
suggestions as to why I am caught in a rebboting loop?

 

[thomas dimmick]

-----Original Message-----
I have a machine that has recently started to continuously reboot
itself. Performing a system restore didn't help. I decided to
reformat the hard drive and do a clean install. The drive format
succeeded. Most of the install was completed, but the computer started
rebooting again before it could finish.

I have tried switching out my RAM, but that didn't help. Any ideas or
suggestions as to why I am caught in a rebboting loop?
.
make sure CPU fan is working, a bad CPU fan will cause

this.

 

[kmcdowell]

-----Original Message-----

I have a machine that has recently started to continuously reboot
itself. Performing a system restore didn't help. I decided to
reformat the hard drive and do a clean install. The drive format
succeeded. Most of the install was completed, but the computer started
rebooting again before it could finish.

I have tried switching out my RAM, but that didn't help. Any ideas or
suggestions as to why I am caught in a rebboting loop?
.

You may be infected with one of the Sasser worms. Check
this out:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4890780/

kmcdowell

 

[Matt Hickman]

I have a machine that has recently started to continuously reboot
itself. Performing a system restore didn't help. I decided to
reformat the hard drive and do a clean install. The drive format
succeeded. Most of the install was completed, but the computer started
rebooting again before it could finish.

I have tried switching out my RAM, but that didn't help. Any ideas or
suggestions as to why I am caught in a rebboting loop?

Sounds like a hardware issue. Possibly a bad CPU, motherboard or power
supply. Boot off a DOS diskette and see if you can run some diagnostics.

--
Matt Hickman
People who will not take the trouble to raise children should
not have them.
Robert A. Heinlein (1907 -1988)
_Podkayne of Mars_ 1963

 

[ht]

I agree with kmcdowell it smell like a sasser....

Try the MS link to patch/Verify/clean.

http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp


(e-mail address removed)

 

[Enkidu]

Not if the machine still fails part way through a re-install!

My money is on a dead fan and overheating.

Cheers,

Cliff

 

[mil10]

Sounds like a hardware issue. Possibly a bad CPU, motherboard or power
supply. Boot off a DOS diskette and see if you can run some diagnostics.

First off, thanks to everyone who replied.

I'm thinking its a hardware issue too. This started happening before
the 'Sasser' worm came out...or at least before it was identified.
The machine runs POST diagnostics at startup, but no errors are
reported. I guess I'm going to have to go at it piece by piece. :-(