hi to all my computer is having a problem somewhere ..... the thing is i was playing aa army and my computer shut down on me and know it wil not re boot ??? any ansers using windows xp
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Welcome to SAF!

You need to provide lots more info to get any real help. Give your system specs (processor, memory, power supply, video card etc). What EXACTLY happened when it shut down?

When you power on, do get the Power On Self Test (POST) beep? If not, do you get any beep codes? Does it start to boot and hang? What exactly are you seeing/hearing?

Welcome, newbie. There will be someone here who can give you some help when you post the specs. Also might post in the XP section, not windows 98 (I note you say XP)

ok iam not a computer wiz but a little ...wat happend is when i was the game the computer just shut down in the middle of a game and then restarted and beeped once and then it would just keep restarting

i have a gfx force card 5500 and asn 2200+ motherboard 512mb ram something like that lol ... then a blue screen pops up and says is this your first error and then it stays like that till i manually shuts it down ..not much more i can say it done..

ok just got the info you need ..... mircosoft xp pro service pack 2 ...amd sempron™ 2200+ motherboard im assuming...and a 1.49 ghz with 512 mb of ram and it has a 55.9gb and 37 used up .... it just restarted and over and over again but with one beep before it was finshing loading ...

Boot the machine and start tapping the F8 key during the boot process. You should get a boot menu, choose Start with last known good configuration (or similar wording).

If that doesn't straighten out the problem, boot the same way (F8) and choose Safe Mode. Go to Start\All Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Restore. Choose a restore point which preceeds the problem.

If the above steps do not work, you may have burned out some hardware that is causing a short. That should cause a beep code, but does not always.

Post back your results.

well then i have tried that also and it does the same thing but it will run in safe mode ?? anymore suggestion's

do you have a newly installed hardware such as VGA cards etc.? IF NONE then try those things below

helpful remedies i have tried:
1.unplugged your pc first then remove the ram clean the tips with soft fabric insert the rAM AGAIN then power your pc!
2.check for virus, spyware etc. then clean of course!
3.check all wired connections inside your cpu ide's, sata's, power check if it is not loose!
4.reformat your system last remedy lol

I missed your post. Sorry to get back so late - I hope you are still checking.

If it has power but windows is not loading in normal mode, it can be a lot of thngs (malware, corrupt driver that is not loaded in safemode, etc.) I would try a Repair Install first. If that does not work, it may be a hardware failure of something that is not used in safemode. You would have to remove unncessary parts and swap out necessary parts with known goods ones to track that down.

I too missed your post.
Did you get it fixed?


If not then did you try unplugging everything from M-board & PSU.
CD/DVD's, HDD, Floppy, everything-USB, printers, speakers
* Leave the ram & CPU as is *

Then pull ALL cards from M-board.
Buy an old $5 PCI vid card (or borrow one) & plug it in (no AGP cards!)

All that is connected to M-board now is PCI Vid card & monitor, keyboard, PSU
If it still doesn't boot, but gives different beeps, try (turn off pc first) plugging mouse in.

Do you still get the 1 beep & freeze?

If you do, then borrow a friends PSU, or buy one.
Unplug the old one from M-board.
Plug in new PSU

If the board now works (no beep, just asks for OS) then your old PSU is dead.

If it still beeps with friends PSU, then it is hardware (cause your HDD isn't connected ergo no software)
But then it can only be RAM, CPU, M-board...