I'm running Vista Home Premium 32bit on an emachines T5254.
Two weeks ago the computer shut down during a time when it was normally left on. On restarting the "Computer did not shut down properly screen" came up with the "Start normally" and "Startup repair" options. I chose startup repair and the computer immediately shut down. I restarted and at the same screen chose to start normally. The system booted up normally and seemed fine.
The next day the same thing happened except this time it took 4 tries using the start normally option before it would boot up. The other times it would shut down immediately after selecting the startup option. At this time I tried a system restore to before the most recent updates. The restore began and then stopped with the message "System restore has encountered a problem. No changes were made to your computer." I tried other restore points and got the same result. Shortly after trying for the 4th time, the computer shut down.
After restarting multiple times again with no luck, I decided to boot from the OS disc. The "loading files" bar appeared at the bottom and as soon as it got all the way across, the computer shut down. Tried multiple times and same result.
Tried to boot up in Safe Mode by pressing F8 and no matter what option is selected, the computer shuts down immediately after selection.
For the first week I tried these options over and over again. I was sometimes able to get the computer to boot up when selecting the start normally option, but this was sporadic and each time seemed to last a shorter amount of time before the system would shut down again.
As of late last week, I cannot even get the system to boot at all no matter what option is chosen. Over the weekend I attempted to boot Knoppix directly from a disc. It went through the loading files part and then the system shut down again.
I've visually inspected the motherboard and see nothing obvious.
Any suggestions? At least a hardware or software determination that can be made from everything I've tried?
Two weeks ago the computer shut down during a time when it was normally left on. On restarting the "Computer did not shut down properly screen" came up with the "Start normally" and "Startup repair" options. I chose startup repair and the computer immediately shut down. I restarted and at the same screen chose to start normally. The system booted up normally and seemed fine.
The next day the same thing happened except this time it took 4 tries using the start normally option before it would boot up. The other times it would shut down immediately after selecting the startup option. At this time I tried a system restore to before the most recent updates. The restore began and then stopped with the message "System restore has encountered a problem. No changes were made to your computer." I tried other restore points and got the same result. Shortly after trying for the 4th time, the computer shut down.
After restarting multiple times again with no luck, I decided to boot from the OS disc. The "loading files" bar appeared at the bottom and as soon as it got all the way across, the computer shut down. Tried multiple times and same result.
Tried to boot up in Safe Mode by pressing F8 and no matter what option is selected, the computer shuts down immediately after selection.
For the first week I tried these options over and over again. I was sometimes able to get the computer to boot up when selecting the start normally option, but this was sporadic and each time seemed to last a shorter amount of time before the system would shut down again.
As of late last week, I cannot even get the system to boot at all no matter what option is chosen. Over the weekend I attempted to boot Knoppix directly from a disc. It went through the loading files part and then the system shut down again.
I've visually inspected the motherboard and see nothing obvious.
Any suggestions? At least a hardware or software determination that can be made from everything I've tried?
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- emachines T5254
- CPU
- AMD Athlon BE-2350
- Motherboard
- ECS HT2000
- Memory
- Dual DDR2
- Graphics card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce 6100
- Sound Card
- ?
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Phillips
