Help! Win 2000 suddenly will not boot?

[Kurtosdf]

I have recently installed Win 2000 Pro (server for a two pc network) For no reason it powers down before it even gets all the way into windows. I also cannot get in via safemode as it powers down. It is like you turn the power button off every time. I have tried this over 20 times with no luck?

Could this be a bad power supply or a HD failure?

Any help is GREATLY appreciated!

Thanks
Kurt

 

[butchrecon]

Try replacing your Power supply. May also be CPU overheat that causes the shutdown. Check the bios for CPU regulation. James Collins
Computer Hardware Engineer
A+, MCP

email: butchrecon@skyenet.net

 

[drdon]

Were you ever able to get Windows to start, or did this just start happening?

How did you install Windows? I've seen this type of thing when a Windows system drive is cloned (through Ghost or whatever) to a different system without a Sysprep.

Any new hardware or drivers? Another time I've had a W2K client spanteanously re-boot it was caused by a printer driver, but it happened sporatically and not on startup.

What is it doing right before it resets? Have you tried boot logging?

Good luck. Don

 

[Kurtosdf]

I did a clean install of Win 98 and then upgraded with Win 2000 Pro. It has worked fine for a month now and then all of the sudden this.... There has been nothing added or changed since. My only guess is the power supply. I will give that a try.

Thanks