XP Windows reboots itself, and doesn't sustain windows mode

by ridingoncloudz Jun 14, 2007 2:21PM PDT

My Computer was doing great for the longest time. I have a Pent 4 3.06 processor, ASUS 8 motherboard, 600 watt PS, Radeon PX850 graphics, 1 gig ram DDR2. Nice set-up. One day i reinstalled windows, i downloaded all the upgrades that i need, drivers, windows updates. Everything was set up just the way i wanted, when one day i was downloading the new windows explorer.....just 20 seconds into the download the computer turns off and reboots. It went to the ASUS boot screen and then Black screen saying "Incompatible Retry Abort error messages" Or press F1 to continue, which leads to long waits or constant loop boots. Sometimes 1/50 chance when i reboot everything works fine for a little while until it happens again. It primarly seems to happen during downloads, or after a little bit when (maybe the computer is reading the current configuration) The drive i have installed is set up as primary. The motherboard doesn't have any bent pins or anything inside connectors ect. Sometimes when i boot up ASUSs' SMART system said my hard drive is bad. So i replaced, reloaded everything once again. Then the same crap is happening. Any Ideas ...Anyone

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Did you try it with a new hard disk?

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jun 14, 2007 10:21PM PDT

Also, time to dust off the heatsinks, check fans, try a new IDE cable.

Bob

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I've tried another hard drive

by ridingoncloudz Jun 15, 2007 10:35AM PDT

I've had the same errors during the boot with another drive. I will try and clean off the heat *%^(*, and will install another IDE cable and motherboard battery.
Will do accomplish this weekend, thanks Bob.

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Didn't work

by ridingoncloudz Jun 18, 2007 2:15PM PDT

I'm going to start looking for problems that occur when there is a motherboard failure and go from there. I've cleaned and swapped out a lot of stuff. And still no good.
most computer problems aren't so bad. But this one is really crazy

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hmm

by Dotuletz Jun 19, 2007 2:04AM PDT

are u sure ur pc isn`t infected with a malware ? i worked with some trojans that had this capabilities ... and i saw it in viruses

u can also check if there are any hardware problems too (try ur ram first, then ur hdd, video, power supply... these are the important things... and so on

by the way ... another thing is if you have 2 anti`virus systems installed at the same time

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Malware? i've tried two different drives

by ridingoncloudz Jun 19, 2007 8:50AM PDT

What is Malware, and how can i get a virus checker to work when i can't even get into safe mode.

The crazy thing is, now i have two hard drives, both with a fresh start of windows. So i cannot think of any reason on how they could be infected???? If the ram sticks are bad (i have two 512 sticks) do i just remove one at a time and see if theres a difference within problems?

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by Dotuletz Jun 20, 2007 6:41PM PDT

yes remove one ram stick at a time

i thought u were infected with a virus or trojan

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if that doesn`t help

by Dotuletz Jun 20, 2007 6:55PM PDT

try the assistance of a service or a specialist

by the way did u try another hdd on the pc ?... just to check if the problem is software or hardware (if it`s software with a hdd with windows on it your system should start ... if it`s hardware ... then it should reset like it does now)

XP Windows reboots itself, and doesn't sustain windows mode

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