Quote Originally Posted by dan the acid man
it could also be a hot cpu, alot of motherboards have an automatic shutdown when the temperature of the cpu gets to a certain level, it may be set too low in the bios.
Thats exactly what i was gonna say! The problem with althlons is they get fcuking hot! And the box set, doesnt come with a decent enough fan for the job. Get a new heat sink and fan for the cpu and fit that.