bluedbuchanan

Could someone please help me?

I need a bios upgrade for my computer and I can' find one. Heck I don't even know anything about the bios. I thought I was very familiar with computers until now. I have replaced harddrives, power supplies, added ram and have fixed problems within the operating system. But when it comes to the bios I don't have a clue. I ran Sysspec and my details are listed below.

Windows: Windows XP5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180
Memory (RAM): 512 MB
CPU Info: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
CPU Speed: 2390.4 MHz
Sound card: Vinyl AC'97 Audio (WAVE)
Display Adapters: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 | NetMeeting driver |
RDPDD Chained DD
Screen Resolution: 1024 X 768 - 32 bit
Network: Network Present
Network Adapters: VIA PCI 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet Adapter - Packet
Scheduler Miniport
CD / DVD Drives: D: HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8162B | E:
HL-DT-STCD-RW GCE-8523B | F: SONY DVD
RW DW-D26A
COM Ports: COM1 | COM2
LPT Ports: LPT1
Mouse: 5 Button Wheel Mouse Present
Hard Disks: C: 74.6GB
Hard Disks - Free: C: 62.3GB
USB Controllers: 4 host controllers.
Firewire (1394): Not Detected
PCMCIA (Laptops): Not Installed
Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Product Make:
AC Power Status: OnLine
BIOS Info: AT/AT COMPATIBLE | 10/02/02 | VIAP4X -
42302e31
Time Zone: Atlantic Standard Time
Battery: No Battery
Motherboard: AV49
Modem: Not detected
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I am hoping my problem is just a bios upgrade..My computer shuts down and restarts when it is booting, before I get to the windows screen. If I'm lucky enough to be able to load windows I can work for a while and the computer will just shut down and try to restart again. I reformatted the hard drive, but I am still having the same problem.

linderman

Hello and welcome to TSF


I doubt your problem is bios releated; however with computers anything is possible


most likely your trouble is either / cpu overheating or memory errors of voltage problem

but if you want to update with the bios we can ? you would be better off waiting until you get the system stable before you try updating your bios / if your computer shutsdown during a bios update you will be left with a system that wont do anything until you buy a new bios chip

before we head down that road / lets some some "other" stuff first

A) download memtest / its dos bootable and will check your memory for errors without needing to boot into windows

here is the floppy disk version:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Memtest86_d1247.html

here is the cd-rom version:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Memtest86_d4226.html

B) check in your system bios and verify what the temperature of the CPU is and also report your system voltages

C) you can also test your hard drive with this bootable CD >>>> open your computer and verify who is the manufacturer of your boot drive >>> then run the diagnostic according to the drive manufacturer ??
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

from within the Ultimate boot CD you can run "CPU Burn In" that will show your cpu temps >>>> check your temps when you first run the program


give us a shout if you need help with any of these / and give us the results of your diangostic troubleshooting


best regards


joe

linderman

you might be able to just run cpu burn in from this download webpage (download it and burn it to cd ???)

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/...U-Burnin.shtml