micro wrote:
Thanks for your help.

The computer was still shutting off and giving the same error on
reboot. We called a local tech guy and he said to try and replace the
power supply. He thought that the power supply might be faultering and
causing it to reboot? We have replaced the power supply and so far it
has not shut down any more.

To answer your question, yes, we used a CD to load XP and it has been
working fine for over a year, This is a recent development but haven't
changed the O.S. recently so that is why it surprised us so.

Also, my logmein that I use to access the station from home has
recently updated. Now I'm thinking that if the power supply doesn't fix
it, I'll try backdating to before the logmein update, as logmein account
has been behaving strangely only on this computer since the update.

Micro



You got excellent advice. I momentarily forgot that eMachines have the
really cheap and crappy Bestec power supplies, known to fail a lot and
to take out the motherboard when they fail. Seems like you replaced the
power supply just in time.

A couple of months ago I recycled about 8 absolutely perfect and empty
eMachines cases. I kept them for a while hoping that a good eMachines
motherboard would show up. The cases were empty because I had removed
the dead Bestec crapola power supply and the motherboard taken down with
it. Even old eMachines motherboards sell for big bucks on eBay because
people need replacements... Ben Myers