shuttle prob please help!!! driving me mad!

MaXXeH · 25 Jun 2006 at 13:37

my pc just reboots for no reason? you can hear the hdd turn off, then once it boots up again it reads the hdd as loads of funny letters. so i though oh right the hdd is dead ill just go buy a new one, got a wd 250gb but it still does it with this one just comes up with funny letters??? i have tryed diff ram and still does it??? please help

sorry if u cant get the wording on this very hung over

Joe42 · 25 Jun 2006 at 13:56

Well you've isolated the hdd and the ram, so i would say the board is the next likely culprit.

You could try installing a 2nd clean copy of windows just to make sure its a hardware problem. You could also try a bios update.

MaXXeH · 25 Jun 2006 at 14:09

yea tryed reinstalling windows on both copys still doing it must be mobo then? cant find a bios update for the fn45 shuttle

Dureth · 25 Jun 2006 at 14:15

The FN45 actually comes under the SN45G shuttle. Try here:

http://global.shuttle.com/Download/Download_File.asp?Item=SN45G

MaXXeH · 25 Jun 2006 at 18:03

nice one mate hope this fix's my problem!

basmic · 25 Jun 2006 at 18:53

Tried a new cable?

MaXXeH · 25 Jun 2006 at 23:45

the cable looks fine did the same on both leads. has not done it since bios change so fingers crossed!

Slinky · 26 Jun 2006 at 09:24

My initial thoughts were thermal cutout cos of the cpu over heating but that would cause it to just turn off.
Just incase check there isnt a red led coming on when it reboots.

MaXXeH · 29 Jun 2006 at 13:12

it was the ide cable, thanks for that one would have never though of that! great help saved me pennys