Windows XP computer does not start.

MartinR362

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The computer does not access BIOS. When turned on it cycles through the drives, powers down, starts up, repeats the cycle and shuts down, this repeats over and over. The BIOS screen never appears.
 
what key does your system use to access the bios? this is the key you want to be hitting on startup whether or not you see the splash screen. once you get into the bios i think you will need to change your boot order and boot from your xp install cd and do at very least a repair install.
 

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This did nothing. I still cannot access BIOS or any installed hardware.
 

MartinR362

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No fax modem card. I did a reinstall of XP. Can not make a changes now as I can't even start the systemj.
 

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No chqange. I think I 2will check the voltages going to the mother board.
I have an interface for doing that.