You could have some bad ram there, try swapping it out with some known 
good ram.

I've never heard of a clicking noise associated with bad ram however, so 
it could be something else.

Hope this helps,

    Ray Parrish

Stephen R Stanfield wrote:
> Hello All;
> When I turn on pc it goes thru boot-up process until Win xp startup 
> page comes on, then makes 'click' noise and goes thru boot-up page and 
> repeats process over again.  Tried to go into safe mode, but same 
> event occurs.  Any ideas what might be going on?  i am using my laptop 
> now, but need my pc also. AMD  Athlon 1.7ghz, 1 Gb ram 80 gig hd, Win 
> xp home sp-2,
> thanx,
> stephen r stanfield
>
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