Windows XP rebooting constantly

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  1. Necroscope

    Necroscope What's a Dremel?

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    My computer shut off due to being too hot (not enough fluid in my liquid coolant system)

    I added more liquid and got the computer to start up but now it goes through the boot process when the Windows loading screen appears It flashes a blue screen of death msg and then reboots, if I leave it alone then it it will just continue this cycle indefinately... I dont think I fried anything, no evidence of burning or funky smells. Do I just need to reinstall windows XP?
     
  2. MidnghtDrgn

    MidnghtDrgn What's a Dremel?

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    Whats the message on the blue screen?
     
  3. Necroscope

    Necroscope What's a Dremel?

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    its onscreen for less than a second it just flashes blue I can make out some white text then its gone and the comp reboots


    I cant turn off the auto reboot because I cant get into windows at all when I try to boot in safe mode it loads all the files then blue screen reboots. I verified all the fans are spinning (pow source etc) everything plugged in the fluid is circulating. Tried booting in safe mode, last known good config etc. Havent reformatted cause i cant find my windows disc and dont want to pay for it again
     
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  4. DougEdey

    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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    Boot in safe mode. See if it loads.
     
  5. MidnghtDrgn

    MidnghtDrgn What's a Dremel?

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    So in safe, it loads all the files, then goes to windows screen, then blue screen, or does it blue screen while its on the screen loading files?
     
  6. Necroscope

    Necroscope What's a Dremel?

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    its on the screen listing files specifically stopping on windows\system32\drivers\mup.sys stops there for 30 seconds or so then blue screen reboot
     
  7. MidnghtDrgn

    MidnghtDrgn What's a Dremel?

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    Try removing your mem sticks one at a time, on a client's system, I had a similar issue and it was a dead memory stick. Seeing as you had the heat issues, may have fried a stick.

    Edit: Another thing to try, see if you can get into Recovery Console off an XP cd, and at the prompt run chkdsk.
     
  8. thestig198

    thestig198 Artificially Intelligent

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    Go into the BIOS and check the CPU temperature, leave it on the screen for about 10-15 minutes (if it lasts that long) and see what temp it gets to.
     
  9. DougEdey

    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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    Sounds like an external peripheral. By external I mean anything that is not the motherboard, CPU, HSF, RAM, graphics, HDD , Optical drives and keyboard/mouse.

    Disconnect all un-needed hardware. And see if it boots.

    Anything that occurs after mup is normally internal driver loading.
     

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