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Okay, i did see the BIOS. And it does give me readings of 80+ degrees celsius. My cabinet has proper ventilation. I have kept it open right now, otherwise the pc would shut down!! And i have done the cleaning part and do it regularly. Well rohanbee, thanks for ya reply. But i already have...

Thanks john!! The mobo was sent for replacement because the technician thought it was some fault with the board. I have yet not considered the chances of the CPU being faulty. And the CPU fan seems to be working properly, but i doubt if the speed is being automanaged by the processor. What can...

Hello people! First things first, yes i did see the "Overheating problems" sticky thread. But i felt like i needed to start this as another thread coz of the long history of actions that i have taken to try solving my problem... And plus, i am bugged, frustrated, humiliated and baffled now...

mr_356 - Hey, any solution you've got??? Or u use it as it is? Will it work if i re-install Win98 and don't install the Intel drivers?

saROMan - Find it soon buddy! Coz now i feel like pulling my hair from my head!

saROMan - Can u gimme the name please??? aadipa - Hey, a strong point to be noted here is that i have that same motherboard!!! Intel D865GBF... :o I think i am supposed to do exactly what u did to solve the problem! I have already tried almost all the solutions on that Aumha link too! I'm...

bhanu - Tried that! Doesn't work! :cry: expertno.1 - I have already uninstalled Avast! godsownman - I have re-installed Windows because of this problem almost 3-4 times!!! aadipa - I downloaded and installed that service pack right now! Unfortunately, even that does not work! :x...

Nopes! No Norton! I had Avast. But i read somewhere that it could cause problems with shutdown! And i uninstalled even that! But still the damn thing doesn't shut down!

Arey, i did that one day! But i never saw those orange fonts that say "It's now safe to turn off your computer." The computer seems to just freeze at that blue screen! And the problem is that i have to turn the power off then, and scandisk runs when i start my PC again! :(

I have an Intel Pentium IV 3.0 GHz powered PC with 80 GB HDD, DVD writer, 512 megs of RAM and 128MB GeForce FX 5200 Graphics card. I have 4 hard drive partitions with XP as the main OS in drive C. I have installed Win98 SE on drive F. The problem that i'm facing is that i just cannot shutdown...

Nope! I tried creating a new admin account too! But after probably a cpl of boots, the same prob arises again! And lywyre is right! I'm sure it's not a virus! And my partitions are not NTFS... They're FAT32. I don't wanna go through that tiresome process of installing WinXP and then SP2...

I'm logged in as Admin by default. And i'm the only one using the PC... There are no other user accounts. And it is not a virus i guess. I have my antivirus updated and scanned the entire computer... :roll:

I have a P4 3.0 Ghz PC with an Intel original 865G motherboard, 80 GB HDD, 512 MBs of RAM and an Iomega DVD writer. I have only Windows XP Pro + SP2 installed on the C drive of the disk. Since about 2 weeks, i'm facing an unusual problem... At times when i start my PC, no matter what shortcut...