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My computer experiences numerous uncommanded shutdowns (not reboots).
It's not related to overheating.
I recently installed a new motherboard (DFI LANPARTY KT400A) and CPU (AMD ATHLON XP 2600+), as well as a new power supply (ANTEC 350) and video board (XFX GEFORCE FX 5600). That's when the shutdowns started happening.
If I boot into a non-windows OS (i.e. PCDOS or MSDOS), the computer will run fine, for hours.
If I try to boot into Windows, it normally shutdown within seconds, usually before it completes loading. As an example, with Windows XP, I can get to the point where I can select a user, but after selecting a user, it runs for about 5 seconds and then shutsdown.
I've tried many troubleshooting techniques, and got to the point where I decided to do a clean install. When I boot to the Windows XP CD, the computer shutsdown as soon as it begins loading windows (after all the drivers have been installed).
I have not yet tried booting to a DOS disk, running FDISK to completely clean drive, and then booting to the Windows XP CD again.
Any suggestions?
It's not related to overheating.
I recently installed a new motherboard (DFI LANPARTY KT400A) and CPU (AMD ATHLON XP 2600+), as well as a new power supply (ANTEC 350) and video board (XFX GEFORCE FX 5600). That's when the shutdowns started happening.
If I boot into a non-windows OS (i.e. PCDOS or MSDOS), the computer will run fine, for hours.
If I try to boot into Windows, it normally shutdown within seconds, usually before it completes loading. As an example, with Windows XP, I can get to the point where I can select a user, but after selecting a user, it runs for about 5 seconds and then shutsdown.
I've tried many troubleshooting techniques, and got to the point where I decided to do a clean install. When I boot to the Windows XP CD, the computer shutsdown as soon as it begins loading windows (after all the drivers have been installed).
I have not yet tried booting to a DOS disk, running FDISK to completely clean drive, and then booting to the Windows XP CD again.
Any suggestions?