Built Computer - Shutting down

[brummitt2006]

I've recently built a computer because of my old computer caused a lot of problems. The scary thing is.. my new computer is doing the exact same thing as my old desktop. Everything is new in the computer except for a video card (which I upgraded in my old PC) and I used the same HDD.

The built PC started up just fine. It downloaded the necessary drivers and restarted. When it booted up the 2nd time, it seemed to be working fine. I was trying to connect it to the internet and it just shut down. I went to turn it back on, and it went to the loading Windows screen and shut down again. Tried again and it didn't even get to the loading screen.

I went to work, came back and it started back up fine. It had to install the drivers again, restarted, and done it all over again.

So I'm not sure if its the HDD, or if maybe a bad video card would cause it to do this. Any feedback would be much appreciated.

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by brummitt2006

I've recently built a computer because of my old computer caused a lot of problems. The scary thing is.. my new computer is doing the exact same thing as my old desktop. Everything is new in the computer except for a video card (which I upgraded in my old PC) and I used the same HDD.

The built PC started up just fine. It downloaded the necessary drivers and restarted. When it booted up the 2nd time, it seemed to be working fine. I was trying to connect it to the internet and it just shut down. I went to turn it back on, and it went to the loading Windows screen and shut down again. Tried again and it didn't even get to the loading screen.

I went to work, came back and it started back up fine. It had to install the drivers again, restarted, and done it all over again.

So I'm not sure if its the HDD, or if maybe a bad video card would cause it to do this. Any feedback would be much appreciated.

It could be a hardware problem, but try a Repair Install like this
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm