This may not be a problem with XP but with the comp. its self. there are
never any specific error messages logged, sometimes restart will happen
during POST and it may restart 3 or four times. Has anyone an idea where i
should stat looking for the problem please

I have speed fan installed which shows some of the voltages to be .2 or .3
higher than they should be. or should i be looking at new BIOS (2001) or
mother board.

is there any way of checking that these three items are working properly
without replacing them in turn?

any help would be much appreciated

virtual relic wrote:

> This may not be a problem with XP but with the comp. its self. there
> are
> never any specific error messages logged, sometimes restart will
> happen
> during POST and it may restart 3 or four times. Has anyone an idea
> where i should stat looking for the problem please
>
> I have speed fan installed which shows some of the voltages to be .2
> or .3 higher than they should be. or should i be looking at new BIOS
> (2001) or mother board.
>
> is there any way of checking that these three items are working
> properly without replacing them in turn?

If your computer is restarting during the POST, it definitely is not a
Windows problem and is a hardware issue. Here are some general hardware
troubleshooting steps:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...ardware_Tshoot

Testing hardware failures often involves swapping out suspected parts
with known-good parts. While there are software programs you can run to
test various components (see link above for details), I'm sorry but
swapping parts is usually necessary. If you can't do the testing
yourself and/or are uncomfortable opening your computer, take the
machine to a professional computer repair shop (not your local
equivalent of BigStoreUSA).

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

"Malke" wrote:

> virtual relic wrote:
>
> > This may not be a problem with XP but with the comp. its self. there
> > are
> > never any specific error messages logged, sometimes restart will
> > happen
> > during POST and it may restart 3 or four times. Has anyone an idea
> > where i should stat looking for the problem please
> >
> > I have speed fan installed which shows some of the voltages to be .2
> > or .3 higher than they should be. or should i be looking at new BIOS
> > (2001) or mother board.
> >
> > is there any way of checking that these three items are working
> > properly without replacing them in turn?
>
> If your computer is restarting during the POST, it definitely is not a
> Windows problem and is a hardware issue. Here are some general hardware
> troubleshooting steps:
>
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...ardware_Tshoot
>
> Testing hardware failures often involves swapping out suspected parts
> with known-good parts. While there are software programs you can run to
> test various components (see link above for details), I'm sorry but
> swapping parts is usually necessary. If you can't do the testing
> yourself and/or are uncomfortable opening your computer, take the
> machine to a professional computer repair shop (not your local
> equivalent of BigStoreUSA).
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

Thanks very much for your time and help