Re: XP will not load on reboot...

From: Borgholio (borgholio_at_storymind.com)
Date: 03/30/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 23:25:00 -0800

I've rarely had power supplies fail on me, but a few months ago I had an
Allied 500w power supply develop a critical failure. It worked fine, unless
you bumped it. Even if you only nudged the computer lightly, the shock
would kill power to the entire system. The manufacturer refused to honor
the warranty since I didn't buy it directly from them (no kidding). I
finally managed to get my local store to replace it for free, but like
you...I'm not buying from this company anymore.

"adelim15" <adelim15@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:157b301c41623$b8286ce0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
Well, when I got home from work, the I tried rebooting
again after a full nite of "cooling down". The comp
flickered on, then completely shut down a few seconds
after powering up. I tried rebooting again and the same
thing happened...shut down in a matter of seconds. I
couldn't even get as far in the booting phase as I did
last nite. I had a spare 500W power supply, so I replaced
the unit in my tower. Bingo! My comp powered up with no
issues. I guess it was the power supply all along...right
in front of my eyes!

This was the 2nd 500W power supply (Real PC Power) that
failed on me, and within the same timeframe (approx 3
months). The 3rd one in the tower now is also the same
exact model, so I will expect it to fail in about 3 months
as well. In the meantime, I need to find a more reliabe
power supply.

Thank you both for your insight. Greatly appreciated.

>-----Original Message-----
>
>"adelim15" <adelim15@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:153a001c415ed$eb424dc0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>Here's the problem.
>
>Working on my home pc, I clicked on an icon on my desktop
>and my computer shuts off, like if someone hit the power
>button.no warning at all.computer dead. Computer would
>not boot again until either unplugging the power cable
>from the supply or manually turning the supply off then on
>again. I guess this eliminates the power supply issue, or
>lack thereof, considering I've had this setup for months.
>After that initial crash, I was able to reboot and run
>WinXP. Out of curiosity, I ran a Live Update of Norton
>Antivirus and scanned my comp for any viruses and found
>nothing. Then after minutes of surfing the net, the comp
>shuts down again. I reboot, but now when the comp boots,
>it shuts off again automatically at random points at boot-
>up.sometimes right after powering up, sometimes at the
>motherboard splash screen, sometimes at the Windows XP
>splash screen. Either way, it will not load up XP and I
>can't get to my desktop. Although, it will let me boot to
>DOS safely with a boot disk. I have also tried rebooting
>after unplugging both secondary and slave drives to
>alleviate the strain on the power supply, and still no
>luck.
>
>Definitely not a heat issue because of the following..
>
>· I've had one of the doors off the tower for a few
>months now (right-side door).
>· Lots of fans inside the tower.input & output fan
>on power supply, new aftermarket fan and heatsinks on the
>Ti4200 vid card, OEM fan on the P4 3.06, and PCI cooler
>blowing directly on my vid card.
>· I let the POS cool down for an hour. I came back
>and still.the same result.
>
>That's where I left it last night. I have not had a
>chance to try rebooting to Safe Mode yet or try running
>Scandisk from DOS (I'm at work now). When I get home I
>will try both. I still think I have an undetected virus,
>but I don't know how to identify it.
>
>Can anyone shed any light on my problem? Fixes? Virus
>names? What should I do next? Any suggestions?
>Any comments will be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>Sounds like a component about to fail. My guess would be
motherboard or
>power supply.
>
>
>.
>

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