[Wiltshire] BIOS flashy thing.

[Jake Davies]

> Thanks Simon,
>
> Computer:  4G RAM; 250G hd + 500G hd; psu 350wats max; nVidia gforce gt430 graphics card; TV card; DVD read/write drive.
>
> It was unused for several months.  Put in new graphics card.  Would not boot - nothing to monitor.
>
> Tried it a lot of times, on 4 occasions something happened.  Once got a message saying BIOS corrupt;  booted up normally twice (when I hard rebooted)  left it on second time and it went down after a few hours; once gave BIOS setup, did not take opportunity to flash bios - generally have had some sort of death wish with it.
>
> Tried removing RAM and putting one in; unplugging things, that sort of stuff.  Tried switching it on with CD with bios on it in which, I think, should allow it to repair bios.
>
> No beeps because no loudspeaker.
>
> Lights and fans all work.
>
> Do not know much about this sort of stuff, although have learnt a bit recently.  Thanks for reply.
>
> Regards.
>
>
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350W PSU on a graphics card like that? There's your problem. You 
probably need at least a 450W PSU.