computer restart issue/after shutdown

[Guest skydargo]

i select restart when prompted to after an update and/or selecting restart

from the (START) selection. Ok you brainiacs grab ahold of this one. computer

shuts down,power light stays on only the fans working and wala no restart. i

have to hold in the power button to shut it off, then press it again to turn

it on, only it comes on and no display or keyboard lights. i press the power

again then again to turn it on then windows starts to load. sometimes with

the checking disc screen. i would appreciate some intel, ive searched

endlessly and find only similarities and no ressolution. windows xp M.C.E

sp3/emachine

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if i only had a brain

[Guest JohnB]

Re: computer restart issue/after shutdown

 

Sounds like a hardware problem, not a Windows problem. Take the power

supply to a repair shop and have it tested.

 

A good way to prove that it isn't the OS is to make a bootable floppy

(http://www.bootdisk.com). If it boots ok from the floppy, than it probably is XP.

If it has the same or similar problems, it's hardware.

 

 

 

"skydargo" <vrsansky@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message

news:18A1737D-B4CE-4156-9DA8-4676AA17F18D@microsoft.com...

>i select restart when prompted to after an update and/or selecting restart

> from the (START) selection. Ok you brainiacs grab ahold of this one.

> computer

> shuts down,power light stays on only the fans working and wala no restart.

> i

> have to hold in the power button to shut it off, then press it again to

> turn

> it on, only it comes on and no display or keyboard lights. i press the

> power

> again then again to turn it on then windows starts to load. sometimes

> with

> the checking disc screen. i would appreciate some intel, ive searched

> endlessly and find only similarities and no ressolution. windows xp M.C.E

> sp3/emachine

> --

> if i only had a brain