Alright, this is one cool problem, alteast you'll enjoy reading it.
My friend's dad is very strict on him because his computer encroaches upon study time which he doesnt appreciate at all. So, he's done some strange thing, and apparently it's software based, because his dad doesnt seem to know much about hardware.
What happens is, when he loads with Windows 98 and works normally, everything goes fine till he's working with basic windows applications like MS-Word etc. As soon as he opens an external application like Winamp or anything at all, the computer restarts. The poor guy has tried everything and hasnt been able to find any other software on the computer.
However, he's just trying to manage to put a new external hard disk everytime he has to work and change its boot settings and boot it somehow, work and then change everything again, that, when his dad isnt home, which even wastes more time than would otherwise.
So, i thought i'd help him, i went over but didnt find anything strange.
Anybody any ideas ?