Hardware problem. Start with memory-that is the most likely culprit. Even removing and reseating it can do the trick.
When I started doing more workstation stuff I was amazed at how many issued are caused by memory... Dan Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2011, at 10:05 AM, "Kaleb C. Striplin" <ka...@striplin.net> wrote: > My home desktop has been acting strange lately. This computer has 2 hard > drives, the original with the original Vista install, and a 2nd that has XP > installed. I boot it and run it from the XP drive. Right before I went on > vacation I noticed it seemed to be shutting off. What it is doing when > booting up it will get about half way thru then completely power off. Turn > it back on same thing. Start it is safe mode and it starts and will run all > day with no problem. So I did a system restore and got it started in normal > mode, used it for a while and put it in stand by. Next time I went to use it > as it was coming out of stand by it shut down. So I booted it in safe mode > again and once again it would sit there and run all day. My thought was > maybe it was getting hot but that cant be it since it will shut off right > when started up so it would not be hot, and it runs all day in safe mode. So > yesterday I decided to make the vista drive the primary and booted from it. > Even booting on that drive with a completely different install it completely > shuts down when booting. I did get it started in normal vista mode once and > had internet but then later even though it said it was connected to the > internet I could never get anything to connect. That was strange. > > So, anybody have any ideas? As I said before I thought heat at first, but > then I figured something was corrupt in the XP install. But since it does it > in both the XP and Vista install it almost seems like its some sort of > hardware issue that shuts down the whole computer. I am probably going to > move whatever is important off the vista drive over to the xp drive and do a > clean install of windows 7 on that drive and see what happens. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
