At 01:47 AM 1/28/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>Now all of a sudden when trying to power up, nothing appears on monitor 
>and computer shuts down after only 15 seconds.>>


I think there was a virus family with that behaviour.  Or could be 
overheating----check all fans and see if there's anything too hot to touch 
after a cold boot.

Does the same thing happen in Safe Mode?  If that is OK, it's probably a 
software issue ----  you might try System Restore.

Try disconnecting all hardware such as printers, scanners, etc. Unlikely to 
help, but worth a try.

If you have a BartCE emergency disk, try that and see if it works.  If so, 
it will eliminate certain causes and will enable you to repair by disabling 
all startups or running System Restore.

Don Penlington


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