Computer shuts down when reformatting ?? what the..

[MDesigner]

This is probably one of the weirdest things I've ever seen. I'm reformatting my cousin's computer.. so I boot the WinXP CD, it detects the hard drives.. I choose the hard drive, delete partition, and start formatting.. and boom, the computer just shuts down by itself.

I tried again.. booted up, and this time when I hit "L" for confirm delete partition, it shut down right away.

So, any ideas on what would be causing this? Whatever it is, it's a major prob.. I'm guessing maybe it's the power supply? (it's an Antec PSU, came w/ the case)

 

[Roguestar]

That happened me actually, just a week and a day ago. It happened twice so I just kept going in and deleting partitions, repartitioning and trying to format again. Third time lucky, I guess, because I couldn't for the life of me figure out what it is that caused it. No hard drive problems or PSU problems since. Hoping it was just one of those things.

 

[MDesigner]

Hm, ok.. I'll keep trying. Though this definitely isn't normal and it's something that should be taken care of..

 

[MDesigner]

Heh.. CPU fan wasn't spinning CPU temp was 126C. Wow. Amazingly, the system still seems to work just fine.. gotta love AMD.