windows 200 o/s

[new concept]

can anyone help we have some fairly old pc's ( amd 1100) running windows 200 pro o/s they keep losing something somewhere because they wont even start in safe mode after awhile they just keep starting and restarting the last one just went to a blue screen, does this mean there buggered?

[Mesaeus]

It would help if you could tell us what the STOP error is. On the blue screen, there will be something like "STOP 0x0000001A" with 1A being the error code (so it will probably be something else in your case, please look for it).

[Force Flow]

Try right clicking on "My Computer" and click on "Properties. Go to the "advanced" tab and click "startup and recovery". Uncheck "automatically restart". See if you get any bluescreen error messages.

[new concept]

the sreen flashes up after starting but doesnt stay on long enough to read it! then the pc shuts down and tries to restart it just keeps goin on like this until u unplug it i cant get any safe mode or into the setting to try and see whats going on do u think i should see if the computor bounces when i throw it out the window? lol

[Mesaeus]

Well, you have a lot of spare parts, that's a good way to find the culprit. Remove anything not absolutely essential to boot, you'll only need the mb in the case, with memory (1 stick), a cpu and a video card. Do not connect any devices like cdroms or hard drives. Let it boot, and see if it can run for about an hour without rebooting or locking up. You then have a stable basis to begin adding everything else again, and you can use working parts from the other pc's to check if a particular part has a problem associated with it.

You can also wipe a hard disk if you don't mind losing what's on it, and reinstall some form of Windows. If the problem went away and doesn't come back even under full load, it probably was a software problem. If not, swap the parts one for one. PC troubleshooting is often nothing more than a "hunt-for-the-bad-part" game.