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BSOD - Window doesn't load normal/safe mode

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Hi, I'm getting BSOD at the window start-up - what's weird is my computer was working just fine 5 minutes ago! I don't how it happened but I was on two sites ebay and youtube, and was playing Football Manager - with everything working fine, then I went to wash the dishes and came back to find my computer in this state so I'm not sure what caused this error! I can't 'capture' the BSOD because as soon as it comes up, the computer reboots itself. This is really weird because it was working fine just 5 minutes ago and yesterday too - and there wasn't any window update or anything. And as far as I know, there was no spyware or viruses. So yeah, I can't boot-up both the safe and normal mode. The BSOD comes up few seconds into the window loading screen. Could it be fan problem? Because few times before, when I tried to play graphical games such as NBA 2k9 - the system says "Warning! temperature too high! please check your fan and heatsink!". So after that, I never did play any games! But the only game that worked was Football Manager so I played that sometimes because I never got that message when I was playing FM. I also checked the fan temperature through start-up menu and saw "Current system fan speed" and "Current system power speed" is 0. Is this normal? And does fan not working = windows not booting up? Current System Temperature - 40C Current CPU Temperature - 41C Current CPU Fan Speed - (aprox.) 1400 RPM Current System Fan Speed - 0 RPM Current Power Fan Speed - 0 Rpm But when I open up the computer and check, the fan is actually working… I'm really not sure of this, anyway. any suggestion or help on how to fix this? I really really hope my data in my HD is still there…. Oh, I'm running on Window XP. Thanks!
Post #2
:welcome: What is the make and model of the computer? If custom built what is the make and model of the motherboard? Do you have the original XP CD? Your hard drives and data should not be an issue here. 40C should not be an issue either though the fan detection is strange. Also the BIOS temps are carrying very little load so the temps might spike when Windows loads. If we can ID the hardware I'd suggest re-setting the CMOS for starters.

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