any one near to me fancy trying to rid my pc of virus please. it will turn on but only for three seconds or so
so pleased we have a laptop as well
thanks folks

what os you useing & do you have the disk ,do you see the windows startup screen then it shuts down again ?

it's windows xp
we do have disk for it
if i log on it loads desk top icons then just goes black and then you hear the fan stop
tried everything i can think of so now think i need some one with more knowledge than me to sort it again
oh and all my build piccy's are on there and are not backed up

Have you tried starting up in Safe Mode?

Try this ,when computer starts press & hold f8 ,your be i bios mode find boot mode ,change to boot from cd ,put your windows xp cd in & exit .when prompted do a repair when done remove disk -reboot & bobs your

Doesn't sound awfully like a virus to me - sounds more like a heat problem or memory module loose.

Shame I'm not nearer or I would have sorted it for you....

Steve

Never tried it, but worth downloading/burning and booting this CD http://download.bitdefender.com/rescue_cd/bitdefender_2008_RescueCD_v2.iso

Or
http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/ftp.bitdefender.com/pub/Live/LinuxDefender_Live!_v1.5.6_CeBIT.iso

Smaller option.
http://www.inside-security.de/insert_en.html



[Edited on 28/11/07 by the_fbi]

does sound more like a hardware issue. have a look in the BIOS and you will probably see a section on system health with readouts of cpu core temps etc... may help

try reseating everything including memory and CPU (don't forget to add a little more of the special grease stuff if you remove the CPU cooler)

try rebuilding it progressively.

start with barebones; cpu,single memory stick,single hdd

then if it works slowly add other components, one at a time and check it works each time...

could also possibly be power supply - that can cause al sorts of weird things.. if you have another to try.. do

If all seems fine and it still plays up you could try booyting from the XP disc and repairing the OS.... bit of a kill or cure solution but you shouldn't loose data... hopefully!

HTH

thanks folks very helpful
(altho i have needed to use google quite alot to understand what the terms mean. yes i am a big thick)

on with the job now.

unfortunately it wont stay on long enough to try anything so goin down the loose connection route now. altho it has now shut down and restarted its self 4 times whilst i wrote this

Unplug your RJ45 (broadband cable) and see if it stays on. I had a virus once that restarted in the same way. If it is that then I might be able to help

[Edited on 29/11/07 by Benzine]