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WINDOWS XP KEEPS RESTARTING ON BOOT UP VK 06-03-2008
Posted by VK on June 3, 2008, 7:37 am
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Hi All, running XP SP2 for awhile on this box, but recently the PC started a
process of never completing a boot up. It runs through boot to the Welcome
screen and just as the main screen loads before the icons appear, the PC
reboots. I can hear the drive spin down just before that. Recently replaced
the Power supply with a new one. Have isolated all devices and checked the PS
during bootup and the voltages remain up on the 5 and 12V rails

Any ideas?

Posted by CSM1 on June 3, 2008, 8:36 am
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> Hi All, running XP SP2 for awhile on this box, but recently the PC started
> a
> process of never completing a boot up. It runs through boot to the Welcome
> screen and just as the main screen loads before the icons appear, the PC
> reboots. I can hear the drive spin down just before that. Recently
> replaced
> the Power supply with a new one. Have isolated all devices and checked the
> PS
> during bootup and the voltages remain up on the 5 and 12V rails
>
> Any ideas?

Have you tried booting from the Windows XP CD?

The BIOS must be configured as the first boot drive is the CD.

If the computer boots from the CD (it runs Setup.exe), then you either have
a bad Windows installation or the hard drive is failing.


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Posted by Bill Davis on June 3, 2008, 11:00 am
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Are you able to boot to safe mode?

B.D.

"VK" wrote:

> Hi All, running XP SP2 for awhile on this box, but recently the PC started a
> process of never completing a boot up. It runs through boot to the Welcome
> screen and just as the main screen loads before the icons appear, the PC
> reboots. I can hear the drive spin down just before that. Recently replaced
> the Power supply with a new one. Have isolated all devices and checked the PS
> during bootup and the voltages remain up on the 5 and 12V rails
>
> Any ideas?

Posted by JW on June 3, 2008, 11:18 am
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VK,
Some MOBO PS cable combinations use two connectors and you may not have the
second cable connected to the MOBO.
If you put the old PS back in does it boot?
> Are you able to boot to safe mode?
>
> B.D.
>
> "VK" wrote:
>
>> Hi All, running XP SP2 for awhile on this box, but recently the PC
>> started a
>> process of never completing a boot up. It runs through boot to the
>> Welcome
>> screen and just as the main screen loads before the icons appear, the PC
>> reboots. I can hear the drive spin down just before that. Recently
>> replaced
>> the Power supply with a new one. Have isolated all devices and checked
>> the PS
>> during bootup and the voltages remain up on the 5 and 12V rails
>>
>> Any ideas?


Posted by VK on June 5, 2008, 10:12 am
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OK, I give up what is a MOBO? This PS is different to the one it replaced. It
has a couple black comb connectors but can't see where they would go on the
MBoard.
and...
No the OLD PS is dead! Going looking for a another PS to check against this
one.

"JW" wrote:

> VK,
> Some MOBO PS cable combinations use two connectors and you may not have the
> second cable connected to the MOBO.
> If you put the old PS back in does it boot?
> > Are you able to boot to safe mode?
> >
> > B.D.
> >
> > "VK" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi All, running XP SP2 for awhile on this box, but recently the PC
> >> started a
> >> process of never completing a boot up. It runs through boot to the
> >> Welcome
> >> screen and just as the main screen loads before the icons appear, the PC
> >> reboots. I can hear the drive spin down just before that. Recently
> >> replaced
> >> the Power supply with a new one. Have isolated all devices and checked
> >> the PS
> >> during bootup and the voltages remain up on the 5 and 12V rails
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
>

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