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Originally Posted by Rod Bishop
Yesterday my P4,1.8, running XP Home started turning itself off and on. I cannot use the computer. I turned it off till this morning and it still goes off and on.
I sat there and watched it and timed it. I turn it on, and after 2 minutes it cuts itself off, 45 seconds later it turns itself back on.
Two minutes on, 45 seconds off, two minutes on, 45 seconds off.
Windows XP will open and just before it ready it dies. I thought it was a Windows problem so I hit F2 and the system started to get into SETUP, and I was looking at the options, and at the two minutes mark, the system died again, so it's not just a XP problem, it also cuts off in DOS.
2 minutes off, 45 seconds off.
I'm using my laptop at work now to ask this question..... HELP
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Right click on My Computer and select properties.
Click Advanced tab.
Click Settings under Startup and Recovery.
Under System Failure uncheck Automatically Restart.
Click OK.
This won't cure your problem, but instead of restarting you'll likely get a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) instead, the information displayed will allow you to trace your problem, or post it here!
If you still get the system rebooting and there is no BSOD then it's likely that your processor is overheating or your PSU is faulty. Try checking the system health in the BIOS for the processor or system temperature. You'd like it to be less than 50d Celcius, anything over 75d is running dangerous.