ricemakr = Your problem seems to happen at boot. You need to start your own thread as your Blue screen is most likely different.

Blood_Guardian = I have been seeing this a lot at my bench. They...

To add onto what firekid said. Check and reseat all cable connections as any of them could come loose during the move. Also what brand is the computer. This sounds like the problem a lot of...

Kraai = PSU = Power Supply Unit

Does the same thing happen if you put your old proc in the system. Since the problem started after the upgrade i would try undoing the upgrade to eliminate that as...

It could be memory like the previous poster suggested or a failing Hard Drive. I would do a back up immediately just in case if you haven't already. Download these utilities to test the system.
...

Just because you have only had the board for 3 years doesn't mean that battery isn't bad. 5-8 years is what they are rated for but batteries go bad. Try replacing the battery. You might be...

The most common reasons your computer will randomly restart is hardware failure or blue screen errors. The more immediate problem is obviously your power issue. Normally i would suggest flushing...

When you first turn on the computer and get the start up screen of safe mode, safe mode w/networking and such. Choose the option for disable automatic restart on failure. This will leave the Blue...

Online or through some retailers. Depends on where you live.

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Have you completed the steps from this topic labeled Read me before posting.

If not please complete these steps then post your logs

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Like the previous poster suggested. You can slave the HDD. You can also pick up an external enclosure which essentially turns you old HDD into an external HDD. You can get these in desktop size...

This is documentation from hp service alert publish on their ASP site. Have you tried these steps. after removing all power(ac adapter and battery) hold the power button down for 20 seconds. Then...

Use another computer and download the correct bios. Flash the bios with the correct version.

What program were you running?

What make and model of laptop you have?

Do you get a display if you hook up to an external monitor?

Try going into the bios and setting the HDD as the first boot device.

You could also pick up some freeze spray. You spray it on the board while it is running and will tell you if there are bad traces.

If your computer is relatively new you can try this link. It is one i stumbled across a while back but have never tried it. I don't know how well it works.
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Did your desktop load with what i asked you to try.

If you just want to do a repair installation of windows you can boot from the windows cd
Hit enter after it loads
F8 to accept license...

No service alerts for this model. Have you tried the updating the wireless driver?

Double check that model number for me. Nothing came up with what you gave me. Try updating the drivers from HP's website when you get home

From the pc that you are trying to print from go to my network places. Are you able to see the computer hosting the printer there?
Are your computers running windows XP or Windows Vista or earlier...

When you log into the profile that gets you the wallpaper with no icons. try the following

hold down CTRL + Shift + Esc
This will load the task manager

If the task manager can load go to the...

One thing i have found in the past is just deleted the filters doesn't alway work. Sometimes going to the device manager and right click your drives and select the uninstall option and then delete...

You might also inspect the motherboard. Look at the capacitors. Emachines, especially windows xp models had alot of issues with motherboard, power supplies and such.

When looking at the...

Your original post says you were in the middle of a restore. Were you doing a clean install during that restore or an repair install.

If you were doing a clean install why not just restore the...

I am curious why you can't use erecovery. Why is this? Did you delete the partition?

If the partition is there boot into safe mode and use erecovery to burn and drivers and apps dvd. This will...

Couldn't hurt to check for driver updates. Good old vista and drivers

How old is the hp as well and if you could give me the model number. Some hp's have problems with the wireless card and i...

Can you please go into a little more detail. Does the system start to load windows(see the windows loading bar) Where does the system hand loading safe mode?
Trying to boot from cd, did you change...

Try booting the system with just core component to get the system to post. Use only the following
motherboard and proc are obvious
1 memory module
graphics card only if no onboard

Do not...

I am inclined to agree with caperjack here. When the system "goes to sleep" is the power light still on or off, or does the system restart and show the bios splash screen again, or is it the monitor...

How about wifi security. As WEP can be cracked in less than 5 minutes and WPA is only as strong as the crackers dictionary they are using for the attack

There is always good ol fashion x-drive. got me thinking if my account is still there..old school

I know Geek Squad has 25Gb for $49/year

I was just looking this over again and after rereading your post got me thinking. You say it just turns off before loading windows. Could you elaborate on this a little.
-Does the unit completely...

When you say the computer locked up right away, your saying it locked up and all the words are left on the screen and does nothing. Is this correct?

If so i would suspect you hard drive may be...

Ok to get everything back to your start menu is a different situation.

My appologies if I overlooked that before.

I have seen this alot recently.

Just right click on your start menu and go...

Can you please clarify.

Is your computer going directly to sleep mode after windows loads. I have never heard of this before.

How long does your computer take to boot up?

Do you have access to another external monitor that you can connect to the VGA port on the computer.

You might also try removing the battery and the ac adapter so no power is connected to the...

I assume you are referring to the BIOS splash screen when you first turn on your laptop.
Can you access the bios by hitting the F2 key. Maybe a different key for your computer as it is different...

use this software to get rid of restrictive policies

Dial-A-Fix (http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/Dial-a-fix.shtml)

it will get rid of the block task manager and most...

Have you tried a simple winsock reset

download here
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Have you tried a simple winsock reset

download file here
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html