Topic: pc restarts

[tower.1963]

Hello all,
        Back again with another problem on another computer.About a week ago computer started restarting all by itself,constantly!!.On intial start,starts normally usual screens fans turning etc,hdd/dvd/cd leds on, can get as far as desktop,even into help and support,then the restarting begins after about 2-3 mins.It`s consistant in that it does the same in safe mode and BIOS.Am thinking mobo,cpu or psu.System is XP2200 generic psu 350w,1024mb pc2100,40gb,asus a7v266, hdd,cdrw,dvdrom,running win xp + sp1.It is water cooled but not oced & never has been.Looking forward to your replies.
Regards paul t

[Sandra]

Its a bit of a long shot as its been around for a while now but have you checked for the MS Blaster worm ?
Read this for information about it and how to deal with it :

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.html

If its not that then I would untick the Automatically Restart box after system failure in the System Properties/Advanced/Start up and Recovery, click on settings and the option is in that part  

[tower.1963]

thanx for prompt reply sandra,don`t think it is blaster worm as Windows,Anti virus,spybot and adaware are all up to date,won`t let me undo auto restart,says something about admin setting which I can`t get to in time before pc restarts.Still restarting in BIOS as well.About to change psu will advise any progress.

[tower.1963]

hopefully......sorted,changed psu with old one from parts bin and....it only worked.Seems to be running ok.

[Simon]

 Stranger things have happened!  Hope it continues OK for you.