PC turns itself off while loading OS
Hi, when I turn my PC on (a relic of a PIII 800MHz with 256Mb RAM) it goes through all the BIOS screens ok and then stops on the Windows XP Pro Start Up Menu screen.
It says that the PC wasn't shut down properly and gives me the boot options of Safe Mode, SMode + Networking, SMode + Command, Last Good Config and Normal. Whichever option I select, it seems to continue booting up but then turns itself off after a few seconds. Sometimes the Windows logo will appear and the blue bar will scroll underneath for a while and then it goes off and on occasion it can just go straight off.
The strange thing is that if I just leave it sitting on the start up menu after getting rid of the countdown clock it will just sit and sit there all day. Does this mean that it's Windows causing the problem of the actual PC.
By the way I've checked the PSU in another machine and it's working fine. Also I haven't installed any new hardware or software recently either.
Any suggestions??
(Hope this makes sense too)
It says that the PC wasn't shut down properly and gives me the boot options of Safe Mode, SMode + Networking, SMode + Command, Last Good Config and Normal. Whichever option I select, it seems to continue booting up but then turns itself off after a few seconds. Sometimes the Windows logo will appear and the blue bar will scroll underneath for a while and then it goes off and on occasion it can just go straight off.
The strange thing is that if I just leave it sitting on the start up menu after getting rid of the countdown clock it will just sit and sit there all day. Does this mean that it's Windows causing the problem of the actual PC.
By the way I've checked the PSU in another machine and it's working fine. Also I haven't installed any new hardware or software recently either.
Any suggestions??
(Hope this makes sense too)
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