Booting problem

LupoLover · 26 Oct 2008 at 16:47

This could be software or hardware so dont know if this is right forum.

Basically uncle's PC is loading fine BIOS then does the windows loading screen for about 3 sec then restarts its self and does it again in a loop. So I decided to reformat and put windows back on. Now (3 days later) its doing same thing. Any ideas? It was working fine for 3 days!

Its running XP 32 Bit sp2

Cheers

Frositay · 26 Oct 2008 at 17:34

Try clearing the cmos in the BIOS. It could be a surge problem too, make sure the motherboard is secured and its not short-circuiting (touching the case.)

EDIT: After thinking about it more it could also be a PSU problem.

BarKeep · 26 Oct 2008 at 18:13

It may just need a good clean, e.g. dust and fluff in the CPU heatsink.

LupoLover · 26 Oct 2008 at 18:31

Cheers guys, I was thinking things like this, but would that take into account it working for 3 days after reformatting?

J.B · 27 Oct 2008 at 01:09

Im gonna put my money on the RAM, its either got some dust on the connectors or a faulty module.

LupoLover · 27 Oct 2008 at 20:52

Ok cleared cmos and cleared out dust (tho pretty clean), took everything out and replugged in still nothing. Going to try my PSU in it 2morow. Then try buying some new ram, grrr. any other ideas?

RJC · 27 Oct 2008 at 20:56

Can you test the current RAM with mem test and see if any errors occur.

LupoLover · 28 Oct 2008 at 16:50

il give it ago, cheers forgot about that