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Continuous Reboot of Cold Computer

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by geoffreyc Jun 27, 2001 last reply Jul 1, 2001 1 view

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G'day Everyone,

I have a Pentium 133mhz computer, and a very strange problem. Whenever I shut the computer down for any length of time (allowing it time to cool down) when I then restart it again it will enter a continuous cycle of rebooting, typically between the memory test and after updating the ECSD (or is that ESCD??:) Sometimes it will even reboot itself after it gets into windows.
Once the computer is warm I can reboot without any troubles at all.

Could anyone tell me what component(s) may be responsible, or is it simply time for a new computer?

Thanks for any ideas!
Cheers,
Geoff

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by dmiles Jun 27, 2001

You may be expiencing bad memory,uninstall the memory and reseat it.
Run anti virus to check your system for viruses.
Now if you think the motherboard is the problem then you may start considering getting a new computer

by geoffreyc Jul 1, 2001

Thanks for the information everyone, sadly none of it fixed the problem so I'm now the proud owner of a much more modern computer.

Cheers,
Geoff

by msteffan Jun 28, 2001

In addition to reseating the memory - reseat everything else too. The HDD cables, any PCI cards (modem, video card, scsi cards ect and the power cables connecting to the motherboard. Also reseat the cables on the internal devices themselves - unplug the cable on the HD itself and reattach.

When the PC loads do you hear any beeps? If you do pay attention to the length of the beeps. Depending upon the Motherboard manufacturer the POST beeps can tell you a lot about what a problem is. Is it Long - short - short? long long short? or 4 short beeps in a row?

Bigelows PC Troubleshooting guide (very handy) covers the POST beep tests in great detail - though it is a pain to carry around as it is 1500 or so pages.