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General Troubleshooting Advice
I've got a desktop PC (Athlon 32bit, 2G Ram) that no matter the OS (I've tried 7SP3, 8.1U1 as well as 10TP) the machine will run for an indefinite amount of time if in BIOS, or in the event of having booted from DVD (ie, Paragon, Hirens, even 10ISO) but as SOON as you boot to HDD or (as in the case of an OS Install) get to the part of entering USER NAME and other personal settings, the machine shuts off. ZIP. ZAP. No BSOD, no Tah Tah See ya Later, no nothin'! I'm seeing nothing in the event logs other than things I would expect (failed installation, etc--whatever it was actually DOING at the time but nothing leading to a cause. My first thought was thermal event but reseating the processor with a fresh coat of thermal paste and a nice shiny clean heatsink and fan produces nothing but a decidedly more quiet failure.
Using HD Sentinel, both HDD's are testing fine, as is just about everything else I've run diagnostics on from memory to system board to HDD's.
Any suggestions before it joins the other failed "fun restoration" projects that might or might not have been tossed into the ocean? (Kidding, of course I wouldn't do that!)
The machine isn't worth a lot of my time or effort--this is more of a last ditch attempt for someone to say have you checked _______ and I'll go, "Flick! No, I forgot about that." Otherwise, seriously, it's toast.