Hello everybody.Hope you're fine.
I've got a 8 year old system which worked ok until recently.
PIII 450 MHz
Voodoo 3 2000
BXAN motherboard
SoundBlaster 64
256 MB (64 + 128 + 64)
20 GB + 80 GB WD
Award Bios
OS = Window XP
One week ago my system restarted during the night by itself (for no apparent reason / my PC was on doing nothing and I was sleeping).Feeling sleepy I just pressed the power button for a few seconds and shut it down.
The next morning when I pressed the power button it booted until memory check and then nothing.The screen showed processor recognition (PIII 450) but got no further (to memory check).Also I couldn't get to bios.
After 5-6 restarts it gets to memory check (256MB RAM OK) and then crashes again (still can't reach bios).
Many more restarts later it manages to show the devices (primary and slave) and then crashes again (but this time I can get into bios).
Few more restarts later it boots fine and gets in WinXP where everything works fine for a long time.
After I shut down from Windows the next time I turn on the same problem occurs.
It takes me 1-2 hours of restarts until I reach Windows XP.
Can you help me please?
I've got a 8 year old system which worked ok until recently.
PIII 450 MHz
Voodoo 3 2000
BXAN motherboard
SoundBlaster 64
256 MB (64 + 128 + 64)
20 GB + 80 GB WD
Award Bios
OS = Window XP
One week ago my system restarted during the night by itself (for no apparent reason / my PC was on doing nothing and I was sleeping).Feeling sleepy I just pressed the power button for a few seconds and shut it down.
The next morning when I pressed the power button it booted until memory check and then nothing.The screen showed processor recognition (PIII 450) but got no further (to memory check).Also I couldn't get to bios.
After 5-6 restarts it gets to memory check (256MB RAM OK) and then crashes again (still can't reach bios).
Many more restarts later it manages to show the devices (primary and slave) and then crashes again (but this time I can get into bios).
Few more restarts later it boots fine and gets in WinXP where everything works fine for a long time.
After I shut down from Windows the next time I turn on the same problem occurs.
It takes me 1-2 hours of restarts until I reach Windows XP.
Can you help me please?
