Keith

Just another thought, you say it nearly gets to the desktop and then
reboots. This suggests to me that it could be a corrupted driver. Have you
tried re-installing Windows? If it is a corrupted motherboard driver then
this may possibly cause your problem.

Good luck!
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Nick

Worcester
45 AMSL
http://www.worcesterweather.co.uk
"Keith" wrote in message
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HELP please.

SInce yesterday morning my 'main' PC has been all but dead, I normally
have
it on 24/7 but when I swtiched on the screen it said "Please insert Boot
Disc". I couldn't find one but tried switching power off then on again.
The
PC then started the usual Windows XP loading with the black screen behind,
it come up with "Window XP' a couple of times before launching into the
Desktop. However, I can never get to the desktop, at about the time it
would
normally get to the desktop the PC just powers down and starts to reboot
itself. I have an added complication with my monitor that 9 times out of
10
won't activate, stays in standby.

I am now back in the reboot circle, tried F8, Safe Mode, Last known good
configuration and Debugging mode, but still the same rebooting cycle.

I swapped over hard drives between this PC and the duff one and the
rebooting sequence was the same, so I don't think it's the hard disk.

I beleive when the processor gets to hot the computer will shutdown and
reboot, something I do experience unfortunately. Motherboard is a ASRock
K7VT4-4X Socket A (462-pin).

Thoughs a
1. Duff ATX Power supply
2. Motherboard
3. AMD 1700 processor duff.

Any ideas? I have used a meter and checked vaults to all the components,
5v
etc.

Or what newsgroup would be best to interrigate?

Many Thanks

Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net

Updates only during day from work atm.