Hi all. I have had the same problem for a couple of weeks - hell maybe a month or so, who knows. I was very confused, I could not figure this out. I have an average system xp pro sp2 yada,yada.yada. Norton AV and so on. After finding this post, I decided to try a different antivirus solution. Panda Anti virus to be exact. PROBLEM SOLVED . My system is now stabe. I can play my game or burn a DVD without the frustration of my system shutting down. Hope this helps......

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I had the same problem....I read someone slowed their processor down. And i am about 95% sure your processor is overheating take a liik at it. Make sure it not.

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I had the same problem a few days ago.
My computer wouldn't start and I'd have to shut the power off and then back on again before I got response from the computer which was basicaly turning on for like two seconds and would shut down. Then it would freeze on screen while doing the memory check so here's what I did....
unbolted the top part of the fan connected to the motherboard then cleaned out all the dust caught in the grill by inserting a plastic buisness card in and out of every slot in the grill and blowing the rest out....
unconnected and reconnected the hard drive, cd-rom, dvd burner and floppy.
I've had no problems since.

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You guys have to understand something very important here. Irespective of the fact that, as most people believe, that AMD microprocessors have a higher edge in gaming (I dont think so though), you also have to understand that these particular family of processors have a higher tendency to go bad than their Intel counterparts. The AMD processors come with smaller heatsinks fitted on them, unlike the intel ones. comparing a pentium 4 and an eqquivalent AMD athlon XP 3200+, you will find out that whether it is the PGA 478 or the LGA 775, they all have larger heat dissipators than the AMD. It is only the newer AMDs that come with larger heatsinks (of about the same size as the Intel ones).

So, wat am I trying to say here? Basically, Intel processors have a longer life span based on the fact that heat being generated within the processors is being actively dissipated by the heatsinks (inbuilt and overlying). I am a ssytems techie and I have come across these problems a lota times. People come complaining that something went wrong with their AMD CPU whereas you hardly get the same complaints about Intel.

So, if you are using an older AMD procesor, I would advice you not to run very multitasking applications in other tht it doesnt get overheated and fry your mobo.

As it is, this is what I suspect happened to your PC and there is about nothing you can do to revive either the mobo or even the CPU.

 

 

 

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hello,
I'll try to help ya in this as much as i can...

try when starting ur pc press on F8 before the windows starts loading then select (Last know good configuration)
and see...will it run or no...

it maybe a virus or a worm as others said...
if that game is online so may someone hacked you and putted that virus or worm so it loads when the windows loads to restart it

so try pressing F8 before the windows starts loading then select (safe mode) then scan your computer well with your anti-virus
and try downloading the update for ur from other computer and install it then try scaning again...

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Are you sure you really read what he complained about OmArEmAd? he cant even boot at all and his computer is not even recognizing any hardware not to talk of booting into windows. this a hardware problem and not something you can cure with an antivirus.

People in this forum should try to understand the context of any posst before they start saying anything. He is looking for a way to tackle a hardware problem n not a non-booting PC.

Another thing I might wanna add is this, I you still wanna continue using your AMD microprocessor, I would advice you to provide a very good cooling system for the it. One thing some people dont understand is the fact that most games tend to throttle your processor and make it run high, in most cases, at a whooping 100% utilization and that consequently makes the processor to utilize and generate more power. the final consequence is the heating up of the processor and if there is not enough cooling system to withstand the heating, the CPU or the mobo could get fried.

It aint like I hate AMD or that I am anti-AMD, it is just that I dont buy the idea of so many dead processor in their history.

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Yes, Odomike you are right! people here are not reading the problem properly. if he can't even see the post screen, then how can he access to last known good configuration or resolve antivirus isssues.
I am having the same problem and browsing through the net. But my problem is due to different cause. My front usb port had broken and one of pin was bent and touching probably another metal part. I inserted a usb flash drive without even noticing that the port had damaged. Windows froze and i pushed power button to shut down and restart it. Since then problem started and everytime I switch on the machine, it seems everything is going to start fine, like lights come on, fans spin but momentarily it switches off. I cant see anything on the screen. It cant even output bios information or complete the post screen. I doubt short circuit some where but can't figure out. I ruled out the power supply and power switch button cause I tried with another power supply and switch. This could either be cpu or ram or motherboard damaged. I doubt it is the BIOS which has be damaged. What you guys think about this problem? As most of others, I am using AMD system with Athlon X2 64X CPU, asus M2N SLI Delus MoBo and 1GB DDR2 Dual Channel.

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step 1.
If you're computer made error beeping sound, then it is because your RAM or VGA.

step 2.
Try to smell your computer parts one by one, is there any burnt smell?change the parts which have burnt smell immediately.

step 3.
check your cable one by one, is there any bad cable(the rubber is torn off)
n.b. some motherboards turn off automatically when get weird electricity voltage or watt, high temperature, etc...

and try to close the computer lid(some motherboards uses "detect Casing Interuption") <- maybe it is silly but still possible

step 4.
If you're computer didn't make any sound and still looking good(didn't have burnt smell in any parts), try to reinstall the BIOS(using disk or jumper), than reinstall your computer OS.

step 5.
try to unplug unnecessary parts(LAN,modem,), only use one slot of RAM,VGA, one HDD -> just use the minimum requirement for your computer to run.

if your computer still cannot run, just consider to buy a new one ^^

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IM having the same problem with two computers as well lol thats kinda ridiculous I have a msi k7n2 delta-l m-board, athlon 2200, nvidia 256 geforce 5700 I swapped power supplies with the computer I'm on now and it did the same thing I unplugged every thing removed the ram & cmos battery for a while and tried to just boot into bios and after about 4-5 seconds the power just cuts off and I have to unplug the power supply and plug it back in again b4 it it will start again for 4-5 sec... ive tried 3 different video cards two different processors and I swapped the motherboard with a soyo k7ada and same symptom swapped with the ram thats in the computer I'm using right now as well ?? any one got any idea?

-Dill

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I am having a similar problem but not so similar. I'm also sure that it's so easy to fix but here it is.

I just built my PC a few days ago and everything works fine. That is until I decided to insert a networking PCI adapter into the system. Now every time that I try to turn the cpu on it'll load for about 3 seconds, then it'll shut itself off immediately. But then it turns itself on again. And then shuts itself off again. To keep it short this happens for the duration that the pc is on. I tried updating the BIOS, didn't work. Try downloading new drivers for the pci off the website; also didn't work

Eventually I assumed that the problem was the pci card so I bought a new one. But once I plugged that card in, the same situation happened.

So here's where it gets confusing: when you take out the pci adapter, the cpu runs fine. No problems whatsoever, which is what makes me believe that it's the pci adapter or the pci slot. Also, if you put the pci adapter in, take it out once the cpu loads, and then put it back in again when the OS starts running, it'll be detected by the computer and it'll work fine until you turn the cpu off; in which case the exact same situation happens all over again.

I assumed that the problem is simply the booting sequence since both the pci slot and the pci adapter work fine, but alas, that is the limit of my knowledge at the moment.

I would greatly appreciate as much help as possible for this. I don't wanna go to geek squad for something that can be fixed easily. Please help me.

-dijudgment

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