Anyone ever have this problem? My sister has a computer that was entering an endless loop at startup and would freeze or shut itself down every time. So I formatted the entire hardrive and reinstalled Windows XP Home. I flashed the BIOS with the latest update. Everything worked fine and I had no problems when rebooting the computer the first day.
However, after leaving the computer turned off for the night, I booted it to continue with updates etc. and the computer froze right at the CMOS screen. I then attempted to restart it and the same thing happened accept it went a little further in the boot process. Finally after the eighth or ninth try, it booted up and worked fine and rebooted with no problems. But after leaving it shut off the next night, the problem occured all over again. If I leave it turned off for any large length of time like twenty four hours, the computer struggles to bootup. The time is correct so I am wondering if this could still be the battery or not. Any ideas?
THX
