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| Thread ID: 90155 | 2008-05-24 23:02:00 | Endless reboot | EviLClouD (12981) | Press F1 |
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| 672270 | 2008-05-24 23:02:00 | Hey, just before when I turned on my new pc, it started rebooting over and over again. Wouldn't even load the 'Gigabyte' screen. I had to flick the switch off/on on the power supply and now it seems to work. What i'm wondering now is what caused that, and also, could it possible be caused by a dying hard drive? Or a faulty PSU? Because using Western Digital Diagnostics on my os drive it took 3:30 mins to do a quick test which has an estimated time of 1min, while my second, non-os drive took only 55 secs. Thanks EDIT: Did the test a second time...and it took only 1:03 mins to complete on my os drive :O |
EviLClouD (12981) | ||
| 672271 | 2008-05-24 23:07:00 | What OS is it Vista or XP as XP sp3 has been having some issues like this | gary67 (56) | ||
| 672272 | 2008-05-24 23:10:00 | Vista home premium with service pack 1 | EviLClouD (12981) | ||
| 672273 | 2008-05-24 23:11:00 | Its not an SP3 prob then. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 672274 | 2008-05-25 00:11:00 | So does it reboot ok now? | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 672275 | 2008-05-25 00:18:00 | Well it's been on for an hour or so...still going well. I just need to check tomorrow morning and see if it boots properly from a cold start... | EviLClouD (12981) | ||
| 672276 | 2008-05-25 00:33:00 | This the system you managed to fix before with the stuffed on/off switch?? Sounds like its stuffed again or stuck / sticking. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 672277 | 2008-05-25 03:10:00 | Assuming it's not a switch problem, you might be able to pinpoint the problem by considering disabling the automatic restart (to hopefully display any associated error), as described in #8 from tech republic. (blogs.techrepublic.com.com).. | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 672278 | 2008-05-25 11:06:00 | I don't think it was a windows problem. he said it didn't even load the gigabyte screen (which would be the POST screen bootlogo for the motherboard) Sounds to me more likely hardware than anything - but not likely your hard drives. If you do want to test your hard drives properly then make sure you run the "complete test" rather than the short one. (1 minute is not a thorough test for a hard drive) Maybe it was your PSU. If it's a hyena it would be likely to be :lol: |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 672279 | 2008-05-25 11:11:00 | Nope definitely not Hyena...it's an Enermax Infiniti 720W :D I'm starting to think it may be the reset switch...even though after I got it replaced it was working fine until now...now i gotta see if the pc works tomorrow morning... |
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