PC keeps rebooting

[Dashoota]

Hello,

To start of this is my PC:

Dell 4400. (Windows XP home sp2)
Pent 4 at 1.6
Geforce 2 MX 64mb
786MB ram
40gig hard drive

Ok, so when i boot my computer it goes through the normal setup screen and then to the windows xp loading screen. After that a blue screen appears with some text on it. I cant read the text because it flashes by so fast and then the PC reboots and does the same thing again.

Anyone know whats up?? Thanks for any help.

 

[moonsite]

Maybe a Virus? Check to make sure the cpu fan is running when you boot up the computer too. If it is not heat, then it might be a virus.

 

[Dashoota]

I tried doing a windows XP repair from my disc to try to resolve the issue. During the repair i got this error:

"Setup cannot set the required XP configuration information. This indicates an internal setup error.

Contact your system admininstrator"

What does this mean?

 

[moonsite]

Like I said, you might have a virus.

 

[madthumbs]

You could try re-installing, choose not to format the partition, use the same partition and folder. Windows setup will ask you if you want to delete the old windows, choose yes. This should get you up and running without a memory resident virus, and keep most of your data. Your personal folders like Documents and Settings stuff may change if you don't use the same name. They're easy enough to hunt down and move though. You'll have to reinstall some stuff, but a lot of stuff you can just create shortcuts for.

 

[Dashoota]

Ok, is there any way i can know for sure if i have a virus?

 

[montag451]

Hi, Welcome to the forums.

Download -
Adaware
Spybot,
Trojanhunter
Kaspersky
Zonealarm, or your favourite non sp2 firewall.
Disconnect from the internet - unplug.
Disable system restore.

Install them all.
Update them all.
Boot into safe mode.
Run them all. [apart from zonealarm]
Re boot into safe mode.
Run them all again.
If nothing shows,
Boot into normal mode,
Run them all again.
If nothing shows now, then you can be 99% sure that there is nothing hiding.

 

[Dashoota]

LOL, i would do that but i cant get into my system because it keeps rebooting during startup. It does the same for safe mode as well.

 

[montag451]

The worst thing is that I wasnt joking in my last post..............

Have you got the mobo virus checker enabled?
If you have, disable it to do anything with installing xp.

What voltages are you running your RAM at?
Should be at least 2.6v, maybe 2.7v and at a stretch, 2.8v.

Try a reboot with nothing that isn't essential attached.
See what happens.
Disable onboard everything.
Take out all pci, disconnect all drives except C
etc etc