Windows keeps restarting upon start up

[Dabear452]

Help! Windows keeps restarting upon start up

Computer info: About 5 yar old HP desktop, with XP Home Edition.

Ok, so it first started Sunday night. I was online browsing, when all of a sudden my computer restarts. I wasn't downloading anything and I'm almost positive I didn't catch some sort of virus or anything like that, it happened out of the blue. I then use the computer for another hour or two after that incident, then shut it off to go to bed. The next morning I turn on my computer to see that it keeps restarting on the Windows loading page. I decided to run it on safe mode to turn off the auto restart so I can see the error message when I try to run Windows normally and this is what I got.

0x0000007E (0xC0000005, 0xEF728C19, 0xF894AB70, 0xF894A870)

It also says to check my BIOS, but I don't know much about that.


Any help is appreciated, I'd really like to know what's gone wrong. If any aditional information is needed, please ask. Thank you.

 

[jash7]

just an idea, maybe the pc is overheating. the bios is set to turn off the pc at a certain temperature. if this is the case, i would recommend cleaning out any dust with some compressed air, making sure all fans are working, and maybe reapplying the thermal paste between the heatsink and the cpu

 

[Dabear452]

I tried that yesterday. There was a ton of dust in there that I cleaned with an air compressor, but that didn't solve the problem.

 

[xxdanielxx]

download DFT and memtest below are links to the files burn the iso onto a cd if you do not know how there is a guide below for magic iso. For DFT do a advance test and post back the code it gives you. For memtest let it run for at least 7 passes to check for any errors.

Magic ISO Installer:
http://www.magiciso.com/Setup_MagicISO.exe

ISO Burning Guide:
http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-burnwin.htm

DFT(Drive Fitness Test):
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/downloads/dft32_v413_b00.iso