Thanks, I'll give that a try tomorrow.\\


"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper******.com> wrote in message
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> Ron wrote:
>> After a reformat to eliminate some spyware and adwaere that
>> software solutions wouldn't cure, my computer shuts down
>> frequently.Usually after initial
>> boot-up the next time after about 20 sec, then after about 1min,
>> then about 2min, then about 5 min. But today it is shutting down
>> after about 3 min each time I reboot. The sound is like pulling
>> the power cord, no wind down of futher noise. Last night it would
>> die 3-4 times but as it warmed up, it would stay.
>> Tonight it won't stay more than 3 min and it's gone. Should I
>> suspect power supply, motherboard, ????
>
> Shenan Stanley wrote:
>> Sounds like hardware.
>> When you 'reinstalled', however - did you update all the hardware
>> drivers from the hardware manufacturer's support site(s)?
>
> Ron wrote:
>> Yes, I re-installed all the original hardware drivers from the CD'S.
>
> That's good - but not quite what I asked. ;-)
>
> Did you visit the hardware manufacturer's web site(s) and download and
> install the latest hardware driver for each hardware component. It is
> entirely possibly that before you formatted and installed afresh - you had
> updated certain drivers on the system along the way. The drivers on the
> 'CDs' are not likely to be the latest (even if you order the machine and
> it was delivered to your home less than 30 days ago - there is some
> possibility that there is a later driver than was on the CDs that shipped
> with the system on the hardware manufacturer's web page.)
>
> You won't hurt anything getting the latest drivers for your hardware
> (chipset, network, video come top mind to be the first to update) - use
> Belarc Advisor and Device Manager to see where you need to go for each
> piece of hardware (in order to figure out the manufacturer's name so you
> can locate their web page and support section of said web page for the
> downloading of the drivers.)
>
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