ok when i turn on teh computer it begins to boot up, but as it boots up it restarts. it doesnt even really load the operating system yet, but instead just restarts. like it runs through the memory testing thing then it comes to a screan that is like saying how it wasnt shut down right so it give the options of going to safe mode, last known good settings, or just start normaly. the problem is that i build the computer about a year ago so i dont have restore disks for it. this has also never happened before. is there any advice you can give me?Has anything happened to it? It was totally fine until this? What COMPONENTS are in it? Any details would be helpful.it has been fine before this, i MEAN it could be a virus or soemthing like that but if nothing loads before it restarts how would i go about removeing the virus. or could it be like a power issue or anything i just have no idea what is going onAgain details are helpful. If I have to guess blindly, like you seem to want, I would say power supply or bad ram.sorry bout that jsut doing a couple things at the same time. asus a7n8x motherboard amd athlon processor 3000+ 2 GIGS of ram, gforce asylum 256 VIDEO card. can the ram jsut go bad randomly like that or do u think it is a virusIf it has problems before Windows, it sounds more like hardware. Test one stick of RAM at a time with memtest (free at memtest86.com), then both (if two) together. Let it run for a few hours. If it won't boot with one stick of rAM, tr swapping in a known working power supply and see what happens.ok this is wierd cause now the computer WONT even turn on. like it has evberything connected the same as before i didnt adjust anythign yet but when i press the on button nothign happens at allYour PSU has just taken a dump...when buying a new one don't scrimp. Spend the extra for a quality unit.

patio. *)You may want to check out the Power Switch on the front panel...a bad switch may cause the similar problem.