09-05-2003 03:44									#1
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Holy God I know not what I did but my comp is going nuts. Every time i turn my comp on it restarts once it has finished booting up and it keeps doing this forever. Is this the crazyest thing that could happen to a comp. It was already used harshly for years. It does not do this in safe mode. Maby my comp has a virus like clumidia or somthing.

	09-05-2003 03:48									#2
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format c:

	09-05-2003 03:53									#3
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i had a simular problem once when it kept going on about restoring some file or summat, I kept loading up in Safe mode and messing with things until it worked again...........

	09-05-2003 03:55									#4
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I had this problem too some time ago. another reason to use an OS other than win9x/ME.

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quote: Originally posted by Rothy i had a simular problem once when it kept going on about restoring some file or summat, I kept loading up in Safe mode and messing with things until it worked again...........

What sort of things did you mess around with?

	09-05-2003 05:05									#6
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This can happen when computers running windows me or any earlier version of windows have more than 512 mb of physical ram installed. How much ram do you have installed on this thing?

	09-05-2003 05:35									#7
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less then that for shure

	09-05-2003 06:08									#8
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Advice from mickerosoft, "if in doubt reinstall windoze". Or restore backup.

I thougt you should just limit cache on high memory systems. No need to panic just after few freezes.

	09-05-2003 06:09									#9
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BTW have you read bootlog.txt?

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quote: Originally posted by raghar BTW have you read bootlog.txt?

No I haven't what is it?

	09-05-2003 09:10									#11
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It's exactly that. It logs boot information, and you can read it and you see what happens.. when you boot that is.

	09-05-2003 09:12									#12
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It's in your c:\bootlog.txt .. you'll see if everything loaded up succesfully or not.

	09-05-2003 09:12									#13
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Reformat and reinstall.

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Push the other button instead the one you push now when you shut down your computer .

	09-05-2003 11:23									#15
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Some more modern computers will restart if the CPU overheats. The heatsync is mounted properly isn't it?

	09-05-2003 12:39									#16
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Bah. No format needed yet. Clear your CMOS jumper (im 0% sure it sounds corrupt), boot from CD/Floppies afterwards then save all important information and then format C:.

Also dont forget to Fdisk P. partition

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That 0 should of been 80 but something went terribly wrong with ACS

	09-05-2003 15:04									#18
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It has nothing to do with the BIOS.

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I suggest too a clean reinstallation of the system. No other good way to fix your problem. If you feel uncertain about it, ask someone else to do it for you.

* Rasbelin goes back building his new system.

	09-05-2003 16:26									#20
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Ummm...UR.. Bios corrupts man. Trust me. I gauruntee if he clears the jumper it would fix most if not all his problems

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Put this more into perspective. He can get into Windows. Windows loads fine, but reboots. Which indicates windows is fine. Its either
1) The dieing gasp of a Hard Drive
2) A CMOS corruption caused by loss of power
3) Some screwy OS problem. But its unlikely since it Starts up and works before it reboots

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quote: Originally posted by faded glory But its unlikely since it Starts up and works before it reboots

But he also said that it works just fine in safe mode, so it's probably a corrupt driver file etc. Reformatting/reinstalling will probably fix it.

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Give it a slap

	09-05-2003 16:44									#24
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quote: Originally posted by Willem But he also said that it works just fine in safe mode, so it's probably a corrupt driver file etc. Reformatting/reinstalling will probably fix it.

You get my vote.

	09-05-2003 16:45									#25
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2) A CMOS corruption caused by loss of power

What is CMOS. How can I check for this?

By the way thank you all for helping me.

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quote: Originally posted by Insigna 2) A CMOS corruption caused by loss of power What is CMOS. How can I check for this? By the way thank you all for helping me.

Insigna : don't go screwing in there if you don't have to. If you are able to boot in safe mode, as Willem said, it is most probably the OS which is the problem.
Reformat and reinstall first.

	09-05-2003 17:02									#27
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quote: Originally posted by Insigna 2) A CMOS corruption caused by loss of power What is CMOS. How can I check for this? By the way thank you all for helping me.

If it was CMOS, you would have had a message come up saying it was reverting to factory presets long before Windows booted.

It's that DOS looking screen that comes up just when you turn on your computer. It stores info about your system setup, keeps track of your clock and several other things, most of which I don't quite understand. As soon as your system starts, press your Delete key and you'll be taken to the menus that adjust that information.

It uses a battery as a power supply, so if that runs out of juice, you'll start running into some problems with it. But it doesn't sound like that's the issue here. If your CMOS is screwed, you wouldn't even be able to get to Windows.

PS As Richilieu says, don't be messing around inside CMOS unless you understand what you're doing. It's kind of like the foundation of your system. Make a mistake and everything else can come crashing down. Though it wouldn't hurt to look around and see some of the things it controls.

	09-05-2003 17:05									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Willem If your CMOS is screwed, you wouldn't even be able to get to Windows.

Yup, that's usually the case.

Unless the problem started appearing after he installed something, a program for example, or updated a driver, then he can try rolling back in safe mode.

	09-05-2003 17:08									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger Yup, that's usually the case. Unless the problem started appearing after he installed something, a program for example, or updated a driver, then he can try rolling back in safe mode.

He already mentioned that it works in safe mode, so something else that gets loaded towards the end of Window's boot has been corrupted somehow.

	09-05-2003 17:19									#30
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Since safe mode only loads a minimal of bog standard drivers and not any programs from the startup folder, it can be one of those that's causing a reboot.