Keeps Restarting.........................

[lancefiles]

I formatted my harddrive and was reinstalling XP, it went through the copying files needed for setup, and then went to restart, it restarted went through the cpu's logo screen then restarted again and continued to do it................what could cause this and how can I remedy this?

[Cricket]

Is this a brand new computer or an older one?

Is it a home built or name brand computer?

What are the system specs including the brand and wattage of the power supply.

Cricket

[lancefiles]

Originally Posted by Cricket Is this a brand new computer or an older one? Is it a home built or name brand computer? What are the system specs including the brand and wattage of the power supply. Cricket

Well Im at work now so not exactly sure but its MicroPC or MicronPC, its only 700 Megahertz. Not sure of the power supply. It came with Millenium when purchased. Im upgrading to XP.

[Cricket]

WinXP is a little more fussy about the RAM used in a system than Win9x was and could be causing the problem.

How much RAM is installed in that computer? WinXP can run on 128MB of RAM, but it'll be painfully slow. If you have less than 256MB of RAM, think about installing more.

Rebooting can be caused by a power supply that has barely enough watts for your system, faulty RAM, a faulty video card or even a faulty motherboard. Need the system specs to see if anything stands out.

Cricket

[lancefiles]

Here are the specs.....................mind you I've already erased the harddrive......this is how it came when purchased....

Processor Intel Coppermine 700MHz 66 FSB 128K FCPGA 1 CPU001875-00 link
Memory 8M x 64 64MB 100MHz SDRAM DIMM 1 MOD001691-00 link
Hard Drive Samsung 20.4 GB ATA66 5400RPM 1 HDI001534-00 link
DVD/ROM Samsung 12x DVD-ROM Drive 1 DVD001070-00 link
Case Lite-On Micro ATX Side Panel 2 CSE001578-00 link
Installation Service CUSTOMIZATION BUILD TO SPEC 1 LAB001092-00 link
Installation Service HOST PRO WEB HOSTING ICON 1 SPS001527-00 link
Installation Service LYCOS HOME PAGE 1 SPS001603-00 link
Installation Service ASK JEEVES ICON 1 SPS001624-00 link
Installation Service CONNECTEDSUPPORT COM DESKTOP ICON 1 SPS001714-00 link
Installation Service 1 YEAR WARRANTY (N) 1 WAR001031-00 link
Installation Service MICRON SYSTEM README DOWNLOAD 1 SPS001748-00 link
Installation Service RS REGISTRATION ELECTRONIC FLYER DOWNLOAD 1 SPS001778-00 link
Installation Service MILLENNIA RS2105 BTS1 DOWNLOAD 1 SPS002003-00 link
Installation Service NORTON 2OOO ANTIVIRUS ICON 1 SPS002006-00 link
Installation Service MICRON UNIVERSITY URL ICON 1 SPS002007-00 link
Case Lite-On Bezel for Burst III Millennia 1

[lancefiles]

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[Hags]

Your gonna need more ram for that older PC, at least 64 MB more becuase XP like cricket said requires 128 MB

[Yuanji]

it will run extremely slowly and probably isn't worth it.

[Hags]

Yes I also agree that it will run extremely slow

[lancefiles]

Originally Posted by Hags Your gonna need more ram for that older PC, at least 64 MB more becuase XP like cricket said requires 128 MB

I've added more ram and it still did it and now I've decided to go back to 98SE and it does it to...........................though it will boot in safe mode

[mystvearn]

Actually 128mb is really not recommended, very slow. Try 256 or 512.

[lancefiles]

Originally Posted by mystvearn Actually 128mb is really not recommended, very slow. Try 256 or 512.

Well now Im Installing 98SE and I figure since it has more ram now then when purchased if that were the problem That would fix it...(and the amount I added was 256)