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Shuts down on boot

JanFrode
By JanFrode
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Hello

I'm having a problem with an old computer I "harvested" today, for some Windows XP "gaming" xD 
It's an old Fujitsu Scenic P300 (Pentium 4 2GHz)
It's an old hospital/medical center computer, so I formatted the harddrive and all that malarky, even changed paste on the CPU for good measure.

I installed Windows XP on it, but as soon as I restarted the computer, and told it to boot from the HDD, it just shuts down instantly.
I've tried different HDDs.

 

Any suggestions on what it might be?

Main rig:
Mobo: ASRock X99 Extreme3 | CPU: i7-5820k @ 4.3Ghz with Noctua NH-D14 | RAM: HyperX Fury DD4 2133MHz 16GB (4x4GB) | GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition | PSU: Corsair AX760i | Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (White) | Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 250GB, Crucial MX300 525GB, Toshiba 3TB | OS: Windows 10 Pro 64bit | Displays: BenQ XL2410T (120Hz) + 1xBenQ G2420HD (60Hz) | Keyboard: CM Storm Rapid I (Brown switches) | Mouse: Roccat Kone XTD | Headset: Sennheiser PC 363D
 

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I was perhaps thinking the same, but BIOS doesn't have temp monitor, but I feel like the BIOS is limited in some way. But I'm gonna install a linux distro, to see if I can get a temperature montior going there

Main rig:
Mobo: ASRock X99 Extreme3 | CPU: i7-5820k @ 4.3Ghz with Noctua NH-D14 | RAM: HyperX Fury DD4 2133MHz 16GB (4x4GB) | GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition | PSU: Corsair AX760i | Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (White) | Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 250GB, Crucial MX300 525GB, Toshiba 3TB | OS: Windows 10 Pro 64bit | Displays: BenQ XL2410T (120Hz) + 1xBenQ G2420HD (60Hz) | Keyboard: CM Storm Rapid I (Brown switches) | Mouse: Roccat Kone XTD | Headset: Sennheiser PC 363D
 

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Got to mention that when I first hooked up the computer after picking it up, I started it up, and it did boot into windows, but it was password proctected and all that jazz, and I wanted a fresh install.. that's when it didn't boot into windows anymore.. 
The first part of installation went fine I might add.. where I partitioned the drive and all that

Main rig:
Mobo: ASRock X99 Extreme3 | CPU: i7-5820k @ 4.3Ghz with Noctua NH-D14 | RAM: HyperX Fury DD4 2133MHz 16GB (4x4GB) | GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition | PSU: Corsair AX760i | Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (White) | Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 250GB, Crucial MX300 525GB, Toshiba 3TB | OS: Windows 10 Pro 64bit | Displays: BenQ XL2410T (120Hz) + 1xBenQ G2420HD (60Hz) | Keyboard: CM Storm Rapid I (Brown switches) | Mouse: Roccat Kone XTD | Headset: Sennheiser PC 363D
 

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