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mine used to do this. ended up being the power supply.

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it doesnt sound like windows is the issue.

[censored], i hope i didnt lose any files.

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macs suck, unless you are doing some form of media editing there is no reason to get a mac, unless you hate your life then i guess one could argue thats a reason.

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mine used to do this. ended up being the power supply.

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Power supply is the other very real possibility.

Crack the case, listen for the click you hear. If it is coming from the power supply, it is most likely the culprit.

If not, since you have a second video card installed, disable the onboard, the secondary will default to primary and test.

Reverse and test again....

Gotta hit the sheets...

GL

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like the plug on the wall?

i know zilch about computers

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like the plug on the wall?

i know zilch about computers

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it doesnt sound like windows is the issue.

[censored], i hope i didnt lose any files.

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Your files are most likely fine.

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could be your power supply. Maybe your RAM, the fact it does it at the exact same spot in the boot process makes me wonder tho. You try booting it into safe mode (hit F8 when its at the first screen)

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could be your power supply. Maybe your RAM, the fact it does it at the exact same spot in the boot process makes me wonder tho. You try booting it into safe mode (hit F8 when its at the first screen)

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just did....no go [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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I'm talking to Sublime on AIM. He says he sees the windows bootup screen then it reboots. Anyone think a windows reinstall/fix/repair is a good fix here?