WindowsXP Rebooting

[Dee Sapiro]

In January 04, I installed an upgrade version of XP home
edition. Immediately after, the system started rebooting
exactly every 15 minutes if left idle. Screen savers
don't work. Initially, I disabled all power options both
in XP and the Bios. I reloaded the system. I have
replaced the lan, video, sound cards, tried a different
monitor, keyboard & speakers. I replaced the DVD. I have
now upgraded the motherboard and processor to an ATX Asus
board w/P4 2.8 with 512 mem. I now have a totally
replaced computer that still reboots every 15 minutes. It
has to be the XP. What needs to be done to stop this
issue? The HD had 98 on it initially, I then installed
over a formatted HD but the 98 was still on the secondary
drive. Could that be an issue, the last time I
reinstalled XP, I had taken out the secondary HD.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

In January 04, I installed an upgrade version of XP home
edition. Immediately after, the system started rebooting
exactly every 15 minutes if left idle. Screen savers
don't work. Initially, I disabled all power options both
in XP and the Bios. I reloaded the system. I have
replaced the lan, video, sound cards, tried a different
monitor, keyboard & speakers. I replaced the DVD. I have
now upgraded the motherboard and processor to an ATX Asus
board w/P4 2.8 with 512 mem. I now have a totally
replaced computer that still reboots every 15 minutes. It
has to be the XP. What needs to be done to stop this
issue? The HD had 98 on it initially, I then installed
over a formatted HD but the 98 was still on the secondary
drive. Could that be an issue, the last time I
reinstalled XP, I had taken out the secondary HD.

First, turn off the 'reboot on failure' feature.
"Right-click on My Computer, click Properties, click the Advanced tab. Under
"Startup & Recovery," click Settings. Under "System Failure," uncheck the
box in front of "Automatically restart.""

Now, if what is happening is actually a crash, you'll get whatever clues the
crash would have given you.

HTH
-pk

 

[Guest]

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


First, turn off the 'reboot on failure' feature.
"Right-click on My Computer, click Properties, click the Advanced tab. Under
"Startup & Recovery," click Settings. Under "System Failure," uncheck the
box in front of "Automatically restart.""

Now, if what is happening is actually a crash, you'll get whatever clues the
crash would have given you.

HTH
-pk


Did that. It goes to blue screen with error codes. When

I reboot I get a hardware error message. I sent it to
Microsoft last February, emailed back and forth with a
tech for nearly 2 weeks. They didn't have a clue.
Dee