Guest Homer Jay Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 I am trying to load XP Pro, the installation completes fine, and the PC reboots (as expected) but before Windows comes up it reboots. I try getting in using safe mode and get a blue screen, I can't remember the exact error, but its pretty vague (no mention of a driver etc) and only mentions trying to run a chkdsk/r on the hard drive. I have tried with 2 different HDD's and get the same problem, so have ruled out the hard drive. I removed and reseated the RAM, disconnected all hardware that I could, but still the same problem. The only thing I have not tried is removing the graphics card as there is no on board graphics, and I do not have a spare card I can try. I plan to run memtest later to see if this throws up any RAM errors, but at this point am stuck as to what the problem could be. Both HD's were formatted by XP as part of the install process, I have run chkdsk and found no errors. Is it possible that the video card is causing the problem? Any suggestions on what to try? Thanks.
Guest Ron Martell Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Re: XP Pro continuous reboot "Homer Jay" <someoneelse@microsoft.com> wrote: >I am trying to load XP Pro, the installation completes fine, and the PC >reboots (as expected) but before Windows comes up it reboots. I try getting >in using safe mode and get a blue screen, I can't remember the exact error, >but its pretty vague (no mention of a driver etc) and only mentions trying >to run a chkdsk/r on the hard drive. I have tried with 2 different HDD's and >get the same problem, so have ruled out the hard drive. I removed and >reseated the RAM, disconnected all hardware that I could, but still the same >problem. The only thing I have not tried is removing the graphics card as >there is no on board graphics, and I do not have a spare card I can try. > >I plan to run memtest later to see if this throws up any RAM errors, but at >this point am stuck as to what the problem could be. Both HD's were >formatted by XP as part of the install process, I have run chkdsk and found >no errors. Is it possible that the video card is causing the problem? Any >suggestions on what to try? > >Thanks. > It is difficult to give you any specific advice without the detailed information from the blue screeen, especially the STOP code and the 4 parameters. If you can provide this information then that should be a direct clue as to the underlying cause of the problem. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2008) On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never been in bed with a mosquito."
Guest Gerry Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 Re: XP Pro continuous reboot Homer As suggested please provide a copy of the Stop Error Report. Disable automatic restart on system failure. This should help by allowing time to write down the STOP code properly. Right click on the My Computer icon on the Desktop and select Properties, Advanced, Start-Up and Recovery, System Failure and uncheck box before Automatically Restart. Do not re-enable automatic restart on system failure until you have resolved the problem. Check for variants of the Stop Error message. An alternative is to keep pressing the F8 key during StartUp and select option - Disable automatic restart on system failure. If you want to know more about the earlier problem please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in the System and Application logs in Event Viewer relating to the problem. No Information Reports and no duplicates please. You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important. HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you should double click for further information. You can copy using copy and paste. Often the link will, however, say there is no further information. http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp (Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only) A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Homer Jay wrote: > I am trying to load XP Pro, the installation completes fine, and the > PC reboots (as expected) but before Windows comes up it reboots. I > try getting in using safe mode and get a blue screen, I can't > remember the exact error, but its pretty vague (no mention of a > driver etc) and only mentions trying to run a chkdsk/r on the hard > drive. I have tried with 2 different HDD's and get the same problem, > so have ruled out the hard drive. I removed and reseated the RAM, > disconnected all hardware that I could, but still the same problem. > The only thing I have not tried is removing the graphics card as > there is no on board graphics, and I do not have a spare card I can > try. > I plan to run memtest later to see if this throws up any RAM errors, > but at this point am stuck as to what the problem could be. Both HD's > were formatted by XP as part of the install process, I have run > chkdsk and found no errors. Is it possible that the video card is > causing the problem? Any suggestions on what to try? > > Thanks.
Guest dobey Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 Re: XP Pro continuous reboot "Homer Jay" <someoneelse@microsoft.com> wrote in message news:OZSfUtt0HHA.600@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >I am trying to load XP Pro, the installation completes fine, and the PC >reboots (as expected) but before Windows comes up it reboots. I try getting >in using safe mode and get a blue screen, I can't remember the exact error, >but its pretty vague (no mention of a driver etc) and only mentions trying >to run a chkdsk/r on the hard drive. I have tried with 2 different HDD's >and get the same problem, so have ruled out the hard drive. I removed and >reseated the RAM, disconnected all hardware that I could, but still the >same problem. The only thing I have not tried is removing the graphics card >as there is no on board graphics, and I do not have a spare card I can try. > > I plan to run memtest later to see if this throws up any RAM errors, but > at this point am stuck as to what the problem could be. Both HD's were > formatted by XP as part of the install process, I have run chkdsk and > found no errors. Is it possible that the video card is causing the > problem? Any suggestions on what to try? > > Thanks. > Try hitting the pause key, this may stop the system so you can read the error.
Guest Homer Jay Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 Re: XP Pro continuous reboot I can't access Windows XP itself to do anything, the system never gets that far. I should have said that it only tries to reboot constantly if I try to access XP normally. When going into Safe Mode I get the blue screen ...... will make a note of the error code later today and post it sometime later (probably tomorrow). I did Google the error code and it found very few results, but again, I will post it here later (tomorrow). I ran Memtest for a couple hours last night and this threw up no problems.
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