I recently built a computer for my parents and they are having a problem with it. When booting up it will randomly reboot a few times before it finally boots all the way to the desktop. Once it gets to the desktop it is fine and will not randomly reboot. I have built several computers and have never experienced anything like this.
Since it only happens during the boot up process I?m thinking it?s the power supply, but the power supply is only 14 months old. In December I built a new computer for myself and I was originally using this power supply and I had no problems like this at all, and my computer is a little higher end so would require more power. Here is a list of what parts were used for my parents computer with the problem:
Motherboard: Asus A8V Deluxe Brand New
Processor: Athlon64 3200 939 Brand New
RAM: OCZ 1GB DDR400 (2 512MB) Dual Channel Brand New
Video Card: eVGA 6600 GT AGP 128MB 71.84 Forceware Drivers Brand New
Optical Dr 1: Samsung DVD CDRW Combo Drive Brand New
Optical Dr 2: HP CDRW 9100 Series 4yrs old
Hard Drive Maxtor 60GB 7200RPM ATA 2MB Cache 4mos old
Floppy Drive None
Zip Drive Iomega 6yrs old
Power Supply Thermaltake 480W 14mos old
OS Windows XP SP2
All of the parts that aren?t brand new are from my parents? old system and worked fined in that system.
To give a little more background, I installed the OS twice, formatting the HD each time. The first time I installed the OS I installed XP with SP1. I was going to install all drivers except the video card prior to installing SP2, and then install the video driver after SP2 was installed. When I did this it would randomly reboot a lot after the machine had fully booted, not just during the boot up process. I would be installing something and it would just randomly reboot at different points.
Eventually I got frustrated and reinstalled the OS, formatting the HD. The second time I installed XP with SP1. Then I installed the Via 4 in 1 drivers and then the Forceware drivers and then SP2 for XP. After SP2 was installed I installed remaining drivers and applications. Now it reboots randomly only during the boot up process. Once it has booted fully it runs fine with no random reboots. Also, the BIOS is the latest available and the system is running at factory spec, nothing is overclocked.
My guess is the problem is the power supply. I can?t think of what else would cause it to reboot only during the boot process. If the problem was something else I would think it would reboot any time, not just during the boot up process. My other thoughts are the video card or RAM.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Since it only happens during the boot up process I?m thinking it?s the power supply, but the power supply is only 14 months old. In December I built a new computer for myself and I was originally using this power supply and I had no problems like this at all, and my computer is a little higher end so would require more power. Here is a list of what parts were used for my parents computer with the problem:
Motherboard: Asus A8V Deluxe Brand New
Processor: Athlon64 3200 939 Brand New
RAM: OCZ 1GB DDR400 (2 512MB) Dual Channel Brand New
Video Card: eVGA 6600 GT AGP 128MB 71.84 Forceware Drivers Brand New
Optical Dr 1: Samsung DVD CDRW Combo Drive Brand New
Optical Dr 2: HP CDRW 9100 Series 4yrs old
Hard Drive Maxtor 60GB 7200RPM ATA 2MB Cache 4mos old
Floppy Drive None
Zip Drive Iomega 6yrs old
Power Supply Thermaltake 480W 14mos old
OS Windows XP SP2
All of the parts that aren?t brand new are from my parents? old system and worked fined in that system.
To give a little more background, I installed the OS twice, formatting the HD each time. The first time I installed the OS I installed XP with SP1. I was going to install all drivers except the video card prior to installing SP2, and then install the video driver after SP2 was installed. When I did this it would randomly reboot a lot after the machine had fully booted, not just during the boot up process. I would be installing something and it would just randomly reboot at different points.
Eventually I got frustrated and reinstalled the OS, formatting the HD. The second time I installed XP with SP1. Then I installed the Via 4 in 1 drivers and then the Forceware drivers and then SP2 for XP. After SP2 was installed I installed remaining drivers and applications. Now it reboots randomly only during the boot up process. Once it has booted fully it runs fine with no random reboots. Also, the BIOS is the latest available and the system is running at factory spec, nothing is overclocked.
My guess is the problem is the power supply. I can?t think of what else would cause it to reboot only during the boot process. If the problem was something else I would think it would reboot any time, not just during the boot up process. My other thoughts are the video card or RAM.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.