Video hardware problem

Hey guys I just want to get a second opinion on this. Half the time my notebook tries to boot up it fails. What I mean is right after the windows booting screen the screen will go black and pause for like a couple of seconds and then the notebook will restart. This usually happens the first time it's booting up whether the computer was restarted or not. The problem pissed me off so much that I formatted the hd and reinstalled windows XP. I installed all the drivers and it still happens. Seems like it happens more frequently too. Does this sound like a messed up gpu? After the XP boot screen the screen is suppose to go black for like a split second (I assume this is when windows loads the video drivers right?) But this is where it pauses and restarts. It can't be video drivers because I just formatted and installed stock drivers right?

 

Tried diagnostics? Maybe the HDD is physically corrupt or RAM modules faulty.

 

I tried using check disk in the recovery console but all it told me after like an hour of waiting was that 1 or more errors were fixed. Also, I first noticed this problem after I tried to update my video drivers to the most recent ones on the sager site and realized they sucked so I went back to the stock drivers. Not sure how that screwed it up but I good format would of fixed any conflicting video driver problems so I don't think It can be the drivers.

 

Something sounds physically wrong with the laptop, tried the RAM test using a RAM diagnostics yet?

 

Yeah it doesn't sound right, sounds like it's running a check, failing and rebooting.

Unfrotunately could be many things without getting BIOS beeps to help figure out what's conflicting at the point it decides to reboot.

It does sound like a hardware and not software issue could be as benign as a fault thermal diode, or something worse, either way IMO return for warranty repair.

 

Yea I formatted again today and after installing the stock drivers it did it once. I'll just have to send it in I guess.