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  1. May 4th, 2011, 12:45 PM #1
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    Rebooting Problem

    I have had this problem for a few months and haven't been able to solve it. Maybe one time out of ten restarts the computer won't boot into windows from bios. I have changed cables, cmos battery put a new hard drive in and of course reloaded XP Home. I have changed video cards, changed floppy drives all to no avail. I was wondering if anyone would have an idea what is causing the problem.
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  2. May 4th, 2011, 01:09 PM #2
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    Can you expand a bit on "won't boot into windows"? What exactly happens? Does it freeze? Do you get a blank screen? A crash?
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  3. May 4th, 2011, 01:24 PM #3
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    I just get a blank screen, then when I reboot again windows may or not boot up. Sometimes I have to try booting up to four times to get windows to boot up. It has gotten a lot better since I changed the cmos battery. It may go for two to three weeks without bothering.
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  4. May 4th, 2011, 06:52 PM #4
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    Make sure that there are no USB hard drives connected while booting, I have seen that cause exactly the problem you describe.
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  5. May 4th, 2011, 07:49 PM #5
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    Guts3d, Thank you for sharing that, I hadn't even thought about that. I do keep a USB external drive connected that I do the backup for that computer on. I will have to disconnect it to see if it helps.
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  6. May 4th, 2011, 10:29 PM #6
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    Also just how old is this particular system?
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  7. May 5th, 2011, 04:22 AM #7
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    Four years.
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  8. May 5th, 2011, 06:23 AM #8
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    Are the capacitors bulged?
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  9. May 5th, 2011, 06:32 AM #9
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    No. I have unhooked the USB external hard drive and restarted a few times so far it is working, I will see. I have a new motherboard I haven't used saving it for with other components for a new build of Windows 7. I just would like to get this computer working properly in case I want to sell it or give it to someone.
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  10. May 5th, 2011, 07:28 AM #10
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    How old is the power supply? Is the power supply rated to handle the hardware? Have you tested the power supply to see if it isn't giving random output?
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  11. May 5th, 2011, 02:56 PM #11
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    The power supply is a 500 watt Antec which I put in when I changed the hard drive.
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    As Guts3D said I think you need to visually inspect the capacitors?
    What your describing may indeed be caused by capacitors.
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  13. May 5th, 2011, 06:27 PM #13
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    As I said to Guts3d they are all right, I have looked the whole board over more than once over the past couple of months.
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  14. May 5th, 2011, 07:12 PM #14
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    Just a quick thought, you haven't changed the jumpers on the cd/dvd or hard drive lately? Swapped any IDE wires?
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    Is there a cd/dvd in the drive? If so, remove it. Sometimes, if the drive can't read the media correctly, it will stop the boot process.
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