Hello!
I'm having a strange problem lately. When I boot my PC, during loading Windows XP it restarts the first few times until it finally gets into Windows. Then the system is really unstable! I mean it would either stop responding, me not being able to even move the mouse pointer and therefore I am being forced to push the reset button on my case, or it would just automatically restart because of a critical stop error. Most often it is MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION, but sometimes there are other signs also. I tried replacing all of my RAM chips so as to check if the problem is faulty RAM, but there was no result.The system was still unstable.I tried removing all components (LAN Cards, CD ROM-s, etc.) and left my system with only the video card plugged in my motherboard (no peripherial PCI devices) and it still did the problem. It also did it when I changed to an older Windows version (I tried ME, 2000, 98). All of them did the same thing - restarted a few times until they finally logged into Windows and then stayed unstable. I am having the feeling that the longer the system goes, the more stable it gets. But after I leave it Power-off for a while and start it again - Windows again needs to restart a few times in order to boot.
My configuration is:
Motherboard : Gigabyte 7ZXE
CPU : AMD Duron 900Mhz
Sound Card : AC97 Chip on the Motherboard
Video Card : AGP GeForce 2 MX400 64MB, TV Out
RAM : 64+128+256 = 448MB
2xLAN Cards Realtek
TV Tuner FlyVideo 98
HP CD-ROM/R/RW
I have absolutely no idea what the cause might be. So please help! I would appreciate it guys...Thank you very much in advance!
Thank you guys. But I have further inspected my mainboard and I identified the problem's cause. It's those bad capacitors on the voltage stabelizer. This capacitor plague is such a crap indeed. I guess I shall have to replace the mainboard anyway. Thanks again and if anyone has the same problem - inspect the capacitors first!Thank you guys. But I have further inspected my mainboard and I identified the problem's cause. It's those bad capacitors on the voltage stabelizer. This capacitor plague is such a crap indeed. I guess I shall have to replace the mainboard anyway. Thanks again and if anyone has the same problem - inspect the capacitors first!
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Re: Windows Restart Problem
If the crashes are becoming more often it is probably a processor overheating problem or it's on its way out.
Leave the side of the computer off when its got going and see if it lasts any longer before crashing.
To give you more of a clue as to what is crashing the pc go to My computer>properties>advanced tab>Startup & Recovery Settings>automatically restart; and untick the box.
This will bring up a blue screen next time it crashes to give you a clue to the problem.
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Restart your computer during the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup usually the Delete or F2 key
Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS then using the arrow keys scroll down to advanced bios features press enter change your first boot device to cd press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart
Note this will erase you operating system you will have to have an operating system disk to load it onto you hard drive or create a partition to load another operating system
Note after you have loaded the operating system you should go back and change the first boot device to failsafe or optimised defaults after windows has loaded
your computer will automatically restart it might restart 2 times one to finish the installation xp the next will be because the operating system is loaded and will boot from your cd
Restart your computer during the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup usually the Delete or F2 key
Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS then using the arrow keys scroll down to advanced bios features press enter change your first boot device to cd press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart
Note this will erase you operating system you will have to have an operating system disk to load it onto you hard drive or create a partition to load another operating system
Note after you have loaded the operating system you should go back and change the first boot device to failsafe or optimised defaults after windows has loaded
your computer will automatically restart it might restart 2 times one to finish the installation the next will be because the operating system is loaded and will boot from your cd
Step 1: Are you upgrading or installing from a disk ?
Restart your computer During the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup usually the Delete or the F2 key Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS the using arrow key scroll down to advanced bios features press enter change your first boot device to cd,press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart note this will erase you operating system you will have to have an operating system disk to load it onto you hard drive or create a partition to load another operating system (note after you have loaded the operating system you should go back and change the first boot device to your failsafe or optimized defaults) after windows has loaded your computer will automatically restart it might restart 2 times one to finish the installation the next will be because the operating system is loaded and will boot from your cd during the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS using the arrow keys load failsafe defaults or load optimized defaults press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart otherwise it will keep booting from the cd /dvd drive
Restart your computer during the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup usually the delete or F2 key
Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS then using the arrow keys scroll down to advanced bios features press enter change your first boot device to cd press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart
note this will erase you operating system you will have to have an operating system disk to load it onto you hard drive or create a partition to load another operating system
note after you have loaded the operating system you should go back and change the first boot device to failsafe or optimised defaults
after windows has loaded
your computer will automatically restart it might restart 2 times one to finish the installation
the next will be because the operating system is loaded and will boot from your cd
if your installation disk is only a service pack 1 or 2 you might need to create an xp sp3 disk
if you have a copy of windows service pack there is a program that allows you add service pack 3 to it so you have a copy of xp sp3 http://www.nliteos.com/changelog.html
Restart your computer during the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup usually the delete or F2 key
Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS then using the arrow keys scroll down to advanced bios features press enter change your first boot device to cd press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart
note this will erase you operating system you will have to have an operating system disk to load it onto you hard drive or create a partition to load another operating system
note after you have loaded the operating system you should go back and change the first boot device to failsafe or optimised defaults
after windows has loaded
your computer will automatically restart it might restart 2 times one to finish the installation
the next will be because the operating system is loaded and will boot from your cd
During the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS the using arrow key scroll down to advanced bios features press enter change your first boot device to cd,press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart note this will erase you operating system you will have to have an operating system disk to load it onto you hard drive or create a partition to load another operating system (note after you have loaded the operating system you should go back andchange the first boot device to your failsafe or optimized defaults) after windows has loaded your computer will automatically restart it might restart 2 times one to finish the installation the next will be because the operating system is loaded and will boot from your cd during the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS using the arrow keys load failsafe defaultsor load optimized defaults press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart hope this helps
restart your computer during the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS the using arrow keys scroll down to advanced bios features press enter change your first boot device to cd press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart note this will erase you operating system you will have to have an operating system disk to load it onto you hard drive or create a partition to load another operating system (note after you have loaded the operating system you should go back andchange the first boot device to your failsafe or optimized defaults) after windows has loaded your computer will automatically restart it might restart 2 times one to finish the installation the next will be because the operating system is loaded and will boot from your cd during the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS using the arrow keys load failsafe defaultsor load optimized defaults press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart hope this helps you
Insert the bootable xp cd into the cd/dvd tray .restart your pchit any key when it asks for "press any key to boot from cd "then follow the instruction provided by installation process.NOTE : During installation your pc will restart several time & during this restart do not hit any key if it ask for "Press any key to boot fro cd"
Thank you guys. But I have further inspected my mainboard and I identified the problem's cause. It's those bad capacitors on the voltage stabelizer. This capacitor plague is such a crap indeed. I guess I shall have to replace the mainboard anyway. Thanks again and if anyone has the same problem - inspect the capacitors first!
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