I forget if I mentioned this already, but sometimes my computer shuts down out of nowhere and right before it dies I see this blue screen flash by with a lot of white writing on it, way to fast to read it though. My brother called it the blue screen of death... would updating my bios fix this?

Check your event log in Windows to see if you can get a clue on why this is happening... Probably a bad driver or bad software conflict.  A BIOS update couldn't hurt if one is available and it is outlined it may fix the issue.  I doubt it though.  Another thing I suggest is to check your memory with MemTest86+.

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I clicked on the link to get the program but, from what I read about it "not very much" I think it needs a floppy disk to boot off of "you would know". This is a problem because I havn't put a floppy drive in my new computer yet, and I don't have any floppy disks anyway, soo.... how would one go about checking this windows log of which you speak?

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You don't have a floppy?

Strange:  In this post, your computer says you do... here's a quote from you:

Processor:
2.20 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Drives:
160.03 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
59.31 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182M [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

WDC WD1600AAJS-22PSA0 [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0

Main Circuit Board b:
Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5VD2-VM SE Rev x.xx
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 0221 07/24/2007

Memory Modules c,d:
2048 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM0' has 1024 MB
Slot 'DIMM1' has 1024 MB

Local Drive Volumes:
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 160.03 GB 59.31 GB free
Controllers:
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x)
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x)
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
VIA Bus Master IDE Controller

Bus Adapters:
NERO IMAGEDRIVE SCSI Controller
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller (4x)

Okay thats enough.... Thanks in advance, James

(in reply to killalot57)

You could always burn an ISO image and boot from the CD-ROM.

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ORIGINAL: killalot57

how would one go about checking this windows log of which you speak?

Administrative Tools/Event Viewer (via the Start Menu)

(in reply to killalot57)

>to mp3mogul
I don't know what to say... All I have hooked up is a dvd burner, and thats the tooth.

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