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NEED HELP: PC wont boot

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sp0ngeb0b

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A friend of mine's PC is acting up and we have no idea what is going wrong. The problem started out as just restarting after the Windows XP loading screen but then the system wouldn't even start.

After reading some other threads in which people had discovered that some users had experienced this when their PSUs were about to go out. Well, to be sure about it we replaced his 300W Enermax with a 250W Deer Computer Co. citing the fact that he has very few devices and an Athlon XP processor we figured he'd be fine since I'm going strong with a 250W supply on my P4 and 9800 Pro.

Everything did not go well. The replacement PSU blew up (presumably a busted cap), and smoke came out of the back. Now we're wondering, is it some other part of his system that is causing this to happen to his PSUs?

His specs are:
Athlon XP 1600+
Shuttle AK35GT2
Crucial 512 DDR PC2100
Radeon 8500LE
WinXP Pro

Anybody have any idea as to what is going on?

Thanks,
b0b
 
Ran Norton last night like the rest of the world does if they dont change the default scanning time, found a number of infections but could not repair them. That would account for the restarting constantly but for the system not even posting I dont know.

b0b
 
UPDATE: He transferred the Enermax PSU into another system and it works perfectly. Now we're running out of options as to what is going on. Cleared the CMOS, still wont post. Any ideas??

Thanks,
b0b
 
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