Wow. This is the first time I have EVER joined/posted on a forum!! (bear with me...)
I have just built a computer, installed WinXP etc etc, everything was just dandy, nice and fast, all good for the first day... until I tried booting the next day after it had been off overnight.
During the 'loading Windows screen' (with the little progress bar thingy underneath) POOF!! Reboot!! (only during Windows load - POST/BIOS etc is always fine)
It will just keep doing this (although of course it will now go into the "Windows did not load properly Safemode\last known good config\Start normally" screen) until... well, the only thing that I can really see, is that it has had time to get a bit warmer (yes, I know I'm kind of grasping at straws...)
Once the system has booted properly once, it will be fine ever after... until it has been switched off long enough (hence my 'cold' guess)... at least an hour. Safe mode reboots as well.
Anyone know of any similar situations - or even better - solutions? I hate to ask, but it's a bit hard to test when you have to wait several hours between!!
All components are new and seem fine, only Win and drivers were loaded (so no viruses) (and flashed latest BIOS too - to try to fix it).
Asus P5VD2-MX (VIA chipset integ.VGA)
Intel E6400
512Mb RAM(533)
160G SATA HDD
LG DVDRW
Extremely simple system (compared to my own I suppose) - adds to the frustration - nothing to take out!!
Hope to get a reply (because it's my first post!!)
REALLY hope for a SOLUTION!!
Cheers
I have just built a computer, installed WinXP etc etc, everything was just dandy, nice and fast, all good for the first day... until I tried booting the next day after it had been off overnight.
During the 'loading Windows screen' (with the little progress bar thingy underneath) POOF!! Reboot!! (only during Windows load - POST/BIOS etc is always fine)
It will just keep doing this (although of course it will now go into the "Windows did not load properly Safemode\last known good config\Start normally" screen) until... well, the only thing that I can really see, is that it has had time to get a bit warmer (yes, I know I'm kind of grasping at straws...)
Once the system has booted properly once, it will be fine ever after... until it has been switched off long enough (hence my 'cold' guess)... at least an hour. Safe mode reboots as well.
Anyone know of any similar situations - or even better - solutions? I hate to ask, but it's a bit hard to test when you have to wait several hours between!!
All components are new and seem fine, only Win and drivers were loaded (so no viruses) (and flashed latest BIOS too - to try to fix it).
Asus P5VD2-MX (VIA chipset integ.VGA)
Intel E6400
512Mb RAM(533)
160G SATA HDD
LG DVDRW
Extremely simple system (compared to my own I suppose) - adds to the frustration - nothing to take out!!
Hope to get a reply (because it's my first post!!)
REALLY hope for a SOLUTION!!
Cheers