Nekar Xenos wrote:
> It all started with blackouts. No, it wasn't the power company. The PC would 
> spontaneously reset itself. It became more and more frequent. then it 
> wouldn't start up again unless I unplugged the power cable. Soon the PC 
> started crashing while Windows was loading.. . and after that all I could 
> get was CMOS. and then I couldn't even get the PC switched on.... After 
> removing the CMOS battery for a couple of minutes I could switch on the PC 
> again. With Windows badly damaged I had to reformat the HDD and reinstall 
> Windows a couple of times. Every time I install Windows it works fine for a 
> while and then starts crashing untill I can't start the PC up anymore. Last 
> night I tried installing Linux and it crashed with 20minutes of install 
> remaining.
> 
> I can't afford a new PC at the moment at all, so is there anything I can do?
> 
> I have a Athlon XP 2400 Socket A using the onboard 128Mb SiS graphics card 
> and a 250W power supply.

If an OS install crashes where before it did not, you have a hardware 
problem.  Since the symptoms are relived by a successful OS install, the 
problem involves a gradual corruption of the hard drive's contents, 
which could be caused by bad memory, bad CPU, or a bad MB.

We can't really troubleshoot your problem through newsgroup messages, so 
you'll have to take it to a technician.

Regards,
John

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