i was playing a vi deo game than my computer beeped 5 times and shut off it did it everytime i started it up, i waited 5 minutes it restarted and 1 hour ran, than it cut off again same thing it beeps wont restart, somehow i think its the bios because it was having errors and said ae s300 something bios id: when i tried to start it"thats from memory" i plugged computer in another wall too it wont work. beeps and shuts off randomly and it took me an hour to restart once

It is possible your motherboard might have a chip that has become heat sensitive.
If you could provide an exact wording of the error message, that would be of help.

thing is i dont always get an error message sometimes it just shots off and starts to beep ive reserached this and hear are some ideas ive found on internet: bios, fan overheating, power source how do i access bios menu

Access to the BIOS is usually by pressing the DELETE key during bootup. However, I do NOT recommend you doing that. All those things you referenced to, Power Supply, Fan, etc, are things that, unless you are a technician, I would recommend you take into a good computer repair shop for service. I note that you live in the states, so you have no shortage of shops to take it to.

The BIOS is not something that usually goes bad. If it was working before, then leave it alone. You are more likely to make your computer worse by changing a value with the BOIS.

If you needed an operation, would you ask your neighbor to do it? No, you would go to the doctors. Well, from what you saying, I think your computer needs an operation to get better. Take it to a computer "doctor".

Well, that is my recommendation to you. Good Luck.

thanks dude one more question: i wanna reinsatalll xp home but my cd is broken: my dad borrwowed one from his work but it was professional so i cant use that. is there somehow i can do it without a cd. keep in mind i had installed xp again before. also i got a couple error messages with the bios thing it said





something_less than or not equal to_ something



and dell message says check error (lthr)

If you want to reinstall Windows XP Basic, then you need a good Windows XP Basic Installation CD. You might try the Restore Point process before resorting to reinstalling Windows. Check your Help files for "Restore Point" for the procedure. If you still need help, reply to this message.

One of the Staffer's here might be able to interpret your error message, but it doesn't look like it is complete.

Good Luck...