Weird XP/BIOS problem. Any ideas?
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 (or something like that)".
I've been getting several PC freezes per day, without relation to any specific aplication(s).
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
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 (or something like that)".
I've been getting several PC freezes per day, without relation to any specific aplication(s).
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
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