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David Besack
I'm trying to help a friend who has a PC built from mostly spare parts
from other PCs, by someone else (not me or him). It was working fine
for a while, but now as Windows XP is starting, he gets a blue screen
flash for a second and then the whole system reboots. It never gets
past the "welcome to WIndows XP" screen.
He thought it might be the hard drive, so replace it. Was able to boot
from CD, install XP again, and it ran fine for another week or so, and
now the same problem is happening.
Any ideas what the cause might be? I thought a faulty power supply
might be the cause, or maybe a problem with the mobo, but I can boot
into the BIOS no problem and everything on the surface looks okay.
Here is what I know of the hardware setup:
AthlonXP 1800+ with stock HSF
single 80GB hard drive on IDE channel 1
single CD-ROM on IDE channel 2
sound and video integrated into mobo
mobo - did not see brand or part #
Austin ATX 300W PSU
case - not sure
Any info or a place I might look first would be appreciated.
from other PCs, by someone else (not me or him). It was working fine
for a while, but now as Windows XP is starting, he gets a blue screen
flash for a second and then the whole system reboots. It never gets
past the "welcome to WIndows XP" screen.
He thought it might be the hard drive, so replace it. Was able to boot
from CD, install XP again, and it ran fine for another week or so, and
now the same problem is happening.
Any ideas what the cause might be? I thought a faulty power supply
might be the cause, or maybe a problem with the mobo, but I can boot
into the BIOS no problem and everything on the surface looks okay.
Here is what I know of the hardware setup:
AthlonXP 1800+ with stock HSF
single 80GB hard drive on IDE channel 1
single CD-ROM on IDE channel 2
sound and video integrated into mobo
mobo - did not see brand or part #
Austin ATX 300W PSU
case - not sure
Any info or a place I might look first would be appreciated.