help pc just died

[Kite]

my desktop just died, keeps resetting like every 2 secs (cant even boot up a windows cd without a reeset)

its a dell dimensios 5150 about 2 and a half years old

never had this problem before with my pc

anyone have any clue to why it would suddenly do this??

[gokuDX7]

when you say reset do you mean restart or reformat?
You could try downloading a linux live cd and seeing if that runs.

Sounds like something hardware related went though.

[Kite]

restart as in keeps turning off then on

i kinda fixed it but not sure for how long
for some reason the time was reset to 2006 weird.
but it was having problems with a floppy drive, but my pc doesnt have a floppy drive,
so in bios i disabled the disc drive,
but no idea why this problem happened.
hope it doesnt happen again

[Dubird]

maybe it's overheating? If you can get into the BIOS settings, most of them have a temp reading of the CPU. I know when my last one went out, it was doing the same thing and it was because it was overheating.

[DeathscytheX]

Does it say "windows failed to start properly"? Run a virus scan.

[Sledgstone]

Sounds like your power on/off or reset button is sticky. O_o

[gokuDX7]

Sounds like your power on/off or reset button is sticky. O_o

To much ahhhh skeet skeet skeet skeeting XD.

[Sledgstone]

ewww... I never said that. X'D