Hi guys,

I just got a new PC for a friend that I ordered from a reputable company online (is that an oxymoron?). Anyways, they sent it to me bootable to drive c:\. I started to install WIn98Se and twice during, the screen went black, and it acts as if rebooting. Except the monitor shows no input, and the red hard drive light just lights up and stays on.

I have to manually shut off the computer from the back and then turn on again. I finally got Windows in. It loads well, but "restarts" when i try to access the cd, the hard drive, building an info database, opening a file, (in general making the computer work). It is usually after a few minutes of uptime. And t doesn't seem to matter what you are doing.However, the end result is that it always blacks out and does the same thing.

Note that it acts as if you pushed the reset button, and from that point the hard drive light remains on, and it does nothing.

I got the current display loaded, and it took the driver, but no help re: the restarts.

Is this a mobo problem?
(Duron 800mhz, ASUS A7V133mobo)
Could there be a conflict to check before sending it back to them?

thanks for any info.
df