Weird XP problem. Any ideas?

[mig27]

Hi everyone

2 weeks ago I got new board (Asus P4B266), CPU (Intel Celeron 2,4 Ghz) and 256 MB DDR. I have XP Pro intalled since then. BIOS version was 1005.
When the PC was booting, I could see the message " BIOS: BIOS update data incorrect. CPU ID=00000F29".
I've been getting several PC freezes every day, without relation to any specific aplication.
I tried upgrading the BIOS to the latest version, 1010, with no results.
I ran Norton Antivirus with the latest DAT files, and also several adware/spyware scanners, and the PC seems pretty clean to me, although the task manager shows 3-4 svchost.exe processes running. When I try to stop them a window appears telling me the PC will shutdown in 60 seconds (the kind of thing W32.Blaster does).

Is it a virus? Is it a BIOS problem? Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[gpalmer711]

According the Asus website that Motherboard only supports P4 chips, not celeron's. I know that both chips are the same socket type but the asus specifies P4 several time.

http://www.asus.com.tw/mb/socket478/p4b266/overview.htm

This could be the cause of your problem.

Either way if it is just a type on the asus site I would say that you should return the M/B for a replacement/refund.

If you want to try trouble shooting this problem then try the following:

Remove and reseat all Plugs connectors and devices.

Clear the CMOS

Load Fail Safe defaults in the BIOS.

Make sure your PSU is up to the job

http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/

Greg Palmer
Free Software for Adminstrators

http://www.palmersoft.co.uk

 

[mig27]

I'll try that, thanks

 

[belkin]

1: boot into vga mode to see if its graphics driver problem which usally reboots the pc



2: wright click my computer-advanced-startup and recovery settings. tun off automatically restart

3: try that for know

 

[linney]

It is not unusual to get the close down message as a result of killing all or any of the SvcHost processes. They are vital processes.


A Description of Svchost.exe (Q314056)

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314056&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH