Currently having the same issues with a Win 7 computer. It started following an update of the latest "windows critical update".... hasn't been right since, blue screen, crashes, it even now tells me my issue of windows is not "valid". [guess the last 2 years and a sales receipt were "updated"?]
I find in situations such as this my favorite tool is a 10 pound sledge hammer and all the expletives I learned in the army. Reformat and reload, I think. On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Dan Penoff <lwb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hardware problem. > > Start with memory-that is the most likely culprit. Even removing and > reseating it can do the trick. > > When I started doing more workstation stuff I was amazed at how many issued > are caused by memory... > > Dan > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 12, 2011, at 10:05 AM, "Kaleb C. Striplin" <ka...@striplin.net> > wrote: > > > My home desktop has been acting strange lately. This computer has 2 hard > drives, the original with the original Vista install, and a 2nd that has XP > installed. I boot it and run it from the XP drive. Right before I went on > vacation I noticed it seemed to be shutting off. What it is doing when > booting up it will get about half way thru then completely power off. Turn > it back on same thing. Start it is safe mode and it starts and will run all > day with no problem. So I did a system restore and got it started in normal > mode, used it for a while and put it in stand by. Next time I went to use > it as it was coming out of stand by it shut down. So I booted it in safe > mode again and once again it would sit there and run all day. My thought > was maybe it was getting hot but that cant be it since it will shut off > right when started up so it would not be hot, and it runs all day in safe > mode. So yesterday I decided to make the vista drive the primary and booted > from it. Even booting on that drive with a completely different install it > completely shuts down when booting. I did get it started in normal vista > mode once and had internet but then later even though it said it was > connected to the internet I could never get anything to connect. That was > strange. > > > > So, anybody have any ideas? As I said before I thought heat at first, > but then I figured something was corrupt in the XP install. But since it > does it in both the XP and Vista install it almost seems like its some sort > of hardware issue that shuts down the whole computer. I am probably going > to move whatever is important off the vista drive over to the xp drive and > do a clean install of windows 7 on that drive and see what happens. > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
