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Really stumped with this (Computer boot up)

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treydawg

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I've got a Gigabyte 7VRXP MB with 640MB of PC2100 running WINXP. My video card fan took a crap on me and I just replaced it yesterday. I had been running it without a fan for around 4 weeks without a problem. Yesterday when I was at class my computer restarted by itself. I logged back on and was using it for around 3 hours before it did this again. Now I can barely get on to the login screen before it happens again. It automatically restarts then freezes in bios after I get through to windows. I have to reset the bios by taking out the battery to get it to the login screen again. I can vaguely see a windows bluescreen when it restarts. It comes out for like less than a second. I really don't know what to do, I tried my friends video card and that didn't help. I'm really lost on this one.
 
All I can say is to start swapping parts with a working system and see what happens. Otherwise, have you been able to run any diagnostic software on it before it crashes? Also try unplugging extra stuff, like cd drives, floppy drive, extra pci cards, etc. Then see if it will run without crashing.

 
Originally posted by: Slikkster
Take the case cover off, for one. This will aid if this is a heat problem. If you can bootup, disable automatic reboots after crashes.

How to disable auto reboot after crashing

Then, go into your event viewer (control panel/Administrative Tools/Event Viewer
and check the system logs.
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I wish I could the thing to stay in windows long enough for me to do something. I already have the case opened. All that I can think of is something with the motherboard.
 
Did you try booting in safe mode yet? Press F8 when the boot menu appears. If the boot menu does not appear when booting the computer, start tapping the F8 key as the pc is going through its bios post messages. Choose "Safe Mode" when the menu with options comes up.
 
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