Re: Motherboard causing problem?

It is possible to have an intermittent problem but not one that only shows
after reformat and reinstall. That is, a reformat and reinstall would not be
the trigger, other than a driver that's incorporated into XP but that would
clear up on installing a stable driver. If the system is fine after reformat
reinstall and the problem always pops up after a few weeks that points to a
piece of software you are installing or a driver you install after a few
weeks of use.

Have a look in computer management event viewer to see if there is any
listed error pointing to the cause.

All I can suggest is strip the computer down to basics. Motherboard, CPU,
graphic card or onboard graphic chip, hard drive, mouse and keyboard.
Reinstall windows and install drivers for the listed hardware only. Do not
install any drivers for anything else including sound. Don't install any
software. Run the computer for a while. Only you know the symptoms so you
decide if it is now stable.

Reboots like you say are generally caused by driver problems or hardware
faults like something on the motherboard shorting out. See what event viewer
shows.

You say its not caused by a driver or virus spyware. Why do you say that?
What steps have you taken. List any and all steps so we can help. What AV
and spyware program have you run?
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Please repost if you find the fault

Glen P
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"Ceowin" <Ceowin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:96A63498-7447-4593-9771-D87C6547BDF4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Please help me certain questions I have.

Is there such thing as a hardware that fails but you cannot detect it
unless
the OS has been reformatted/reinstalled and used for a while?

What I mean is, whenever my computer has a problem, the technicians cannot
detect the cause and always blame it on system corruption. They test the
hardwares and always say there is no problem. The problems I encountered
over
the past few months include:

System corruption
Reboot and Select Proper Boot Device Message (in which after I restart
several times it boots properly again)
XP continuously rebooting after turning on and going to five options menu,
in which picking any would just restart again. However, after a while, it
boots successfully.

Please help. I've determined that it isn't the Hard Drive or drivers or
viruses/spyware causing this.



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