Blue Screen at Windows Load Screen

[jmreedy]

Hey IMOers,

My brother in law just gave me a call because his computer wasn't working. I took it in and was messing around with to see what the problem is. What happens is that is goes through the POST test and then reaches the loading Windows Splash page, stays there for just a second, flashes the blue screen, and then goes right back to restarting.

I tried a few things but sadly my knowledge isn't as keen as some here on the forums. I swapped out the memory to see if that was the problem with no luck. The temps are normal and the power supply seems to be consistent for it not to be a power issue.

I am pretty sure it is either his SATA HDD or just some crook in Windows that made it hiccup to the point of death. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks!

Specs:

Mobo: ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Proc: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1.8GHz Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3000BPBOX - Retail
Memory: CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWINX1024-3200C2PT - Retail
Videocard: MSI NX6600GT-TD128E GeForce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE WD2000JS 200GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
OS: Windows XP Pro SP2
Computer was built in August of '05.

[surreal]

Ask him what he did before he broke it. Let us know. BTW, if the computer does the post and shows the right amount, the RAM is ok, that's what it's doing then checking the ram.