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igalan · 11-23-2005, 06:32 AM

First I would see if this problem is not because the PC is overheated, or the PSU is bad. Use your PC with the housing open, so you can see if the CPU, GPU (graphic card) and PSU fans are all running. If it still shuts down, look quickly all the fans to see if they were spinning. If everything looks OK, the next suspect is the PSU, a quality PSU is a must these days.

BTW most modern boards will allow you to flash the BIOS within Windows with the correct program, or saving the new BIOS in a floppy and flashing with the BIOS (Alt+F2 during POST or something like this).

And welcome to PCTT

11-23-2005, 06:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
igalan PCTT Articles Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Barcelona, SPAIN Posts: 1,018	First I would see if this problem is not because the PC is overheated, or the PSU is bad. Use your PC with the housing open, so you can see if the CPU, GPU (graphic card) and PSU fans are all running. If it still shuts down, look quickly all the fans to see if they were spinning. If everything looks OK, the next suspect is the PSU, a quality PSU is a must these days. BTW most modern boards will allow you to flash the BIOS within Windows with the correct program, or saving the new BIOS in a floppy and flashing with the BIOS (Alt+F2 during POST or something like this). And welcome to PCTT __________________ AMD64 X2 3800+, Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe, 2 GB RAM, GeForce 6600GT, Windows XP Home SP2 Last edited by igalan; 11-23-2005 at 06:40 AM.