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skyblueheroes · 25-10-2005, 22:05

Okay, Private_Ace, my future brother in law has broken his PC. As usual, SBH aka Tech Support gets called.............

Anyway, the problem is thus. His PC keeps restarting. It gets through boot and displays a message about not starting properly last time. It gives the options as :

Start in safe mode
Start with command prompt
Start with networking

or

Start normally

I chose start normally and it gets to the Windows XP loading screen (with the logo and blue bar) and then just restarts - then back to the beginning.

If I choose safe mode, if lists a load of drivers from a folder location, hangs for a few mins, then restarts.

He's had his GFX card out and in again, and clean the whole lot out and nothing seems awray. Its an e-machines tower with XP Home and the only non-standard kit is the 128mb GFX card (but this has been in for ages). Apparently it crashed last night whilst playing CoD but apart from that - been fine.

Any ideas before we attempt a reinstall using the e-machines recovery CD ??

SBH.

25-10-2005, 22:05	#1
skyblueheroes Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Coventry Age: 49 Services: Sky+ & Pipex 8mb ADSL Posts: 2,794	PC Keeps Restarting Okay, Private_Ace, my future brother in law has broken his PC. As usual, SBH aka Tech Support gets called............. Anyway, the problem is thus. His PC keeps restarting. It gets through boot and displays a message about not starting properly last time. It gives the options as : Start in safe mode Start with command prompt Start with networking or Start normally I chose start normally and it gets to the Windows XP loading screen (with the logo and blue bar) and then just restarts - then back to the beginning. If I choose safe mode, if lists a load of drivers from a folder location, hangs for a few mins, then restarts. He's had his GFX card out and in again, and clean the whole lot out and nothing seems awray. Its an e-machines tower with XP Home and the only non-standard kit is the 128mb GFX card (but this has been in for ages). Apparently it crashed last night whilst playing CoD but apart from that - been fine. Any ideas before we attempt a reinstall using the e-machines recovery CD ?? SBH.