Comp not booting..would it be mobo?

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Hi guys, ive got this old comp im fixing up for someone, and its got a weird problem in that when trying to reformat it, it would boot from the CD into the XP setup fine, and copy all the files to the hard disk, but then when it rebooted to continue the setup, it would just get stuck in a restart loop.

So i pulled the HDD out and put it in antoher comp and installed XP that way and it worked fine. So I pulled it back out and put it in the original comp, and it gets thru to just before the Windows splash screen comes up, or alternatively to the Safe mode selection screen, but no matter what you choose from there, it just freezes up and/or reboots.

If you say Start Windows Normally, it freezes, if you say Safe Mode, it waits a second, then reboots.

I cant think of a way to get around this, and im thinking its the mobo?

Does anyone have any suggestions to fix it? or is a new mobo in order?

Thanks in advance.
 
Windows XP needs a MINIMUM of 128mb of RAM just to run. You say its an older computer and the hard drive works in another machine. My first guess would be to check your RAM.
 
ahh good suggestion, but i checked and it has 192mb, so it shouldnt be that...i wonder how it got that much RAM...seems to much for an old machine. hehe.

I can't find my 98SE CD anywhere either, as i was hoping to eliminate operating system problems before i tried to find an old Socket 7 Mobo.
 
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