Tom,
Any chance that it is a heat/cooling problem?  Maybe the cpu is overheating, sometimes the usual airflow is disrupted if you have the case open, etc.
Paul  

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Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 10:33 AM
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Subject: [PCBUILD] PC shuts down during XP install

I'm trying to do a clean install of XP. Have the CD set as first boot device in BIOS. The Windows installer comes up, then, after about a minute, the computer powers down.
Drive 0 is a WD 500Gb IDE, and Drive 1 is a Seagate SATA 1 Tb.which I have disconnected to ensure that this data is preserved.
Never had this happen before. Everything except the keyboard and mouse (both
USB) has been removed.
This started with a mup.sys error on windows startup. Tried going to the repair console to do a checkdisk/repair. Got the message that there wasn't enough room on C to recover files. This is not a problem since I have always kept data on drive D (disk 0) and backed up to the Seagate.
The MB has only one IDE Channel, so, I have the CD and the WD on the same cable.
Any ideas on where to start? Need more info?
Thanks,
Tom Landon

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