constant automatic rebooting

[pete_clio]

in one oy my computers when it gets to just before windows loads up it restarts, makes the customery beep and keeps doing this..almost like in "infinite loop" so tried the hard drive in another computer.this time it wont eve load of give the beep, or any beeps to let me know why. meaing it could either be the PSU or the board..not the PSU as ive tried a few! any idea if this could be a duf board?its not hard drive as ive tried it in a working computer and its goin swee there

thanks

 

[172.com]

http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm

Only time I've ever had that was when my CPU was overheating, just as XP started kicking in, due to the extra CPU Usage XP requires over BIOS booting.

You may be able to find exact beep codes by googling with your M/B manufacturer name and 'beep code'

 

[G_F]

so tried the hard drive in another computer.this time it wont eve load of give the beep, or any beeps to let me know why.

You cant just take a HD out of one computer and boot it from another, 98% of the time.

 

[172.com]

^^ I've never had an issue.

Doesn't work great but enough for investigation purposes.

 

[G_F]

I have never been able to pull it off, four comps i have here, atleast two dont boot each others, not sure if ive tried the the others.

 

[G_F]

Are you swaping between the same brand of board?

 

[Caramel]

http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm

Only time I've ever had that was when my CPU was overheating, just as XP started kicking in, due to the extra CPU Usage XP requires over BIOS booting.

You may be able to find exact beep codes by googling with your M/B manufacturer name and 'beep code'

yeh i was gonna suggest this

You cant just take a HD out of one computer and boot it from another, 98% of the time.

im sure you can

 

[172.com]

Haven't done, although thinking about it, I've never done it with XP. So I'm probably talking crap as usual.

 

[sn00p]

Haven't done, although thinking about it, I've never done it with XP. So I'm probably talking crap as usual.

No, you're right - providing that you've plugged it into a "normal" IDE socket or one which windows has drivers for, plug it into something exotic for which there are no drivers on the installation and it wont work.

 

[KDF]

You cant just take a HD out of one computer and boot it from another, 98% of the time.

Yes you can.

 

[G_F]

Whats could be the reason mine dont?

 

[pete_clio]

ive rarely had problems changing hard drives over. installed the OS on one system and moved the HD to another to run it there.

 

[KDF]

Whats could be the reason mine dont?

Sorry, I should have been more accurate, you can and it will work most times unless the hardware is radically different, in which case you would be better off starting from scratch