Dear Expert,

I would need some experts out there to give me advice on the isuse that I encounter with my computer.

Before I go on, I will actually describe my system specs first ... my system is model is basically Acer Aspire 6600, running on pentium III, 1GHZ, 128 SD RAM, on board VGA and running on Windows ME.

The issue I encountered was basically, whenever my system enter windows, less that 10 seconds, it will just auto reboot by itself. What I did was running on the Win ME startup booting via the CD-ROM, and there was a message saying that my system has some registry/configuration problem and recommend me to do a scanreg/restore. I did that, but the Microsoft Registry Checker can't do anything about it and display a message saying that the problem cannot be fix and recommend me to either rename some windows folders thingy, i did that too. During the startup at dos mode, i too received a message saying that the is a problem in line 5 of my config.sys file. I did open up my config.sys file to view if there's anything wrong, Best of all, inside the config.sys file, the file is totally empty!

I did try all the renaming of all those other system files .. (attrib -r -h -s .. and renaming of file & stuff) .. did everything. But still the same, therfore to make my life easier, which i think since this problem is caused by the OS, registry and system files and stuff .. the best is to wiped out my entire hardisk and do a fresh windows installation.

Therefore, i did, delete my current hardisk only partition, re-create the partion, the FDISK did all the kind of checking drive integrity and stuff ... after that i clean format my entire hardisk.

Then i chose to re-install my system with windows 98 since microsft already has this known issue with WINME blue screen and sutff ..... and win98 is the most stable so far .. (besides w2k, XP etc .. )

After i did the fresh windows 98 installation, when it's my first time entering to win98 . the part where windows will begin to install all those monitor/display drivers and stuff ... surprisingly again when the windows was displaying for only less than 10sec ... and again my system auto-reboot !!!!

i was really at end wits till i got no idea what to do .. but i did try to see if i'm able to enter windows as safe mode. YES, i did manage to enter windows as safe mode. Except when entering as normal mode ... it just auto reboot ..

i formatted and did fresh windows installlation several times, again and again ... (tried both WinME & win98 fresh installed) .. but the result is still the same ....

I did try to do my own research, and some websites say it might be the RAM issue or RAM not properly installed .... i did check the BIOS all and stuff and everything is install and set perfectly ok.

Adding from my detail troubleshooting information which I've done, here are the additional troubleshooting steps which I've tried just few hours ago:

I basically have two computer at home. The other of my this computer is in very working good condition and fortunately this second computer is also using the same type of RAM with the PC i'm having problem with. What I did was,

- checked by scandisk that the hardisk has no bad sector and this hardisk is working when connect to other system

- i tried to swap the RAM to the working good condition RAM

- i even tried to swap the hardisk and did fresh installation

- I have NO PCI cards on my mainboard meaning i have nothing to remove

- I even try to remove my CD-rOM drive and floppy drive ide step by step to see if i can isolate if any of those is causing the problem

- i have no PCI cards, meaning all my modems and stuff are onboard and i can't actually remove them physically but only to disable them throught BIOS which i've also tried

- Yes, i also did try to set to default config in my BIOS..

- Except for the POWER supply thingy, i was wondering how can it ever caused to be the problem as it is able to transmit the power to all my internal devices, even boot up in DOS and even safe mode, but just when come to normal mode, it auto-reboot and power supply is the issue ??? Seems not the case ...


Btw, just to feed you guys with more info, as mentioned i did try to enter safe mode before as that's possible and under the System properties-> Performance tab, inside the white text box empty space, it is written this:

-Comapatibily mode paging reduces overall system performance.
- Drive A is using MS-Dos compatibility mode file system.
- Drive C is using MS-Dos compatibility mode file system.

Really need help with my computer, awaiting for
solutions from experts out there ..

Many thanks in advance ...



With Best Regards.

sunrat

Definately sounds like hardware problem if it persists after 2 reinstalls. Swap out each bit with your other PC, one bit must be sick. Maybe even the mobo.
Lotsa luck.

wings_67

Hello,

Was just wandering if you isolated the hardware problem. I've recently ran in to this problem with a client. I installed a new harddrive(HP recall) and then discovered that power unit failed. Replaced that and wham....all it does is re-boot. Please let me know if you found anything.

Thanks.

jlimtc2003

I too having the same problem. Same type of computer (Acer Aspire). Same OS Windows ME. However, what I did was do the installation in another machine then move the hard disk to the Acer Aspire machine. Sometimes it works. Anyone have any idea why it is happening? Did the same too but not working in Acer Aspire. Tried asking Acer but no use. Didn't asked them for service cos' just passed my warranty period when problem came up.

Anyone have any idea? Please help.

Thanks

JasonS

Sounds to me like a problem with APM (Advanced Power Management). Search your CMOS for an option to disable it.

Coolkeynes

I upgraded my Travelmate 340T from Win98 to Win2k but now it auto reboots just after loading windows. Can anyone please help.

Regards,

CC

fredg

Hi,
Have you considered taking the computer to a local computer shop?? They can tell you the cost of fixing it......
If the cost isn't too high, it would really save you a lot of time.
It sounds like a hardware problem, and they could find the problem.
Best wishes,
fredg

StuMegu

If your computer stays on in safe mode, it's likely to be a driver problem. Download and install all the OS specific drivers for your equipment. You may have a motherboard CD with drivers on it. Use this if you can in safe mode to install as many required drivers as possible.

Older OS's may not recognise your newer hardware and so need drivers ASAP.

Also test the ram - in safe mode less ram will be used to boot so the bad section may not be reached. But in general I suggest getting latest drivers for kit installed.

If you keep getting problems try swapping devices - e.g. disable onboard VGA, sound, Network etc and replace with PCI or AGP versions.

Best of luck people.