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stephen

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It was happening randomly while in Windows XP Home. Now, I can't even boot into Windows. I decided it was time for a reformat, so I put my hard drive in another computer and pulled the data off of it, so I don't think it's a hard drive problem.

I reinstalled the hard drive in the computer having problems, and attempted to reformat and reinstall Windows XP. Now the computer reboots before I can even get through the installation process, so now I don't think it's a virus or spyware.

I'm leaning towards either a heat problem or a power supply problem. What do you guys think?
 
also something might be getting to hot, look inside your case and make sure to clean the dust out.
 
are you sure it's not a virus. i had a similar problem this week. i would get blank screens on reboots. this occured even after a format and fresh install. i then ran microsoft's malicious file remover tool and "voila", it found and removed 2000 infected files. i wasn't running an a/v at the time and i payed for it. grab the tool and run it. takes only 5 minutes and you'll rule out viruses if it comes up empty.


http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx#run
 
Thanks for the tips. The computer won't even stay on long enough to get into Windows, so I don't think I'll be able to run any programs to look for viruses. I'll clean out the dust, check the ram, and then replace the power supply and see how all of that goes.
 
After much testing and cleaning, it's not the power supply, it's not the memory, and it's not because of too much dust. It's not a virus because I was finally able to reformat the hard drive, but every time I try to install Windows, it's shuts off.

Any other ideas?
 
stephen said:
After much testing and cleaning, it's not the power supply, it's not the memory, and it's not because of too much dust. It's not a virus because I was finally able to reformat the hard drive, but every time I try to install Windows, it's shuts off.

Any other ideas?
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Mobo or HDD are really the only components left then...
 
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