I reinstalled and all A_OK now! Thank you all so much for all your help. I guess the OS was corrupt or a virus got it!
God Bless! Cindy _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ivan Wilson Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 2:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Computer restarts after XP log in Screep Reinstall! Tis the Season. Ivan [Lucid Geek] On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 16:57:06 -0500, CV <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:cindysv%40comcast.net> net> wrote: > Merry Christmas everyone! I have a bit of a problem here. My > boyfriends 17 yr old son just brought me his computer because he was > having trouble. His computer restarts itself after log in screen > repeatedly. He is able to get past the log in screen. It does not > completely boot. However, It does NOT re-boot while in BIOS I had > let it sit in bios for about an hour. > > He did have a bad cpu fan (that died) which I have replaced, so now > the fan is working fine though his cpu tempature is running at 68-69 > C and the cpu fan speed is at 4964-5002 RPM, is that OK? > > I have already check the RAM and PSU and both are fine. He told me > that awhile back that he allowed a friend to work on it and come to > find out that the friend changed his hard drive. After my > boyfriend's son was doing a microsoft update that is when the > restarting problem started. He also mentioned that there was no > antivirus protection on there either and the computer was running > very slow. He had only 256 in Ram I have now increased it to 512 so > it is running a bit faster but no to much. > > The restarting problem still remains, I tried booting in safe mode > and I am able to boot in safe mode and it tries to completely load > but then the screen just stays black showing the "safe mode" in all > 4 corners of the screem but no OS showing. It may occasionaly > restart in safe mode as well but may not restart either screen just > stays blank. > > The BIOS is an AWARD bios. So, does anyone have any idea what may be > going on? Is the cpu fan running ok at that Temp? > > Should I just re-install the OS? What can I do? Could there be a > Virus? He does get on MySpace alot. > > Thank you in advance and God Bless! > Cindy > -- Please visit... http://FmlyRnn. <http://FmlyRnn.Tripod.com> Tripod.com Join: http://tech. <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LucidGeek/> groups.yahoo.com/group/LucidGeek/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail. <http://mail.yahoo.com> yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
