Lightning Strike!

[adlamb]

yes, 4 pin power is def plugged in board...

all fans are ok, and all cables seem ok...

what prog can i use to monitor the various temps?

[Max Tractor]

Hardware doctor, cpu/system/volt it would have come on the board cd or you can get it from abit site, what graphics card have you got, and what psu did you buy?

[adlamb]

**** graphics... INO 3d Nvidia thing (didnt really pay much attention whem purchased) CPU, AMD XP2500+

PSU Antec truepower 480w

[Max Tractor]

**** graphics... INO 3d Nvidia thing

lol that really narrows it down

right click desktop/nvidia display monitor or get it from device manager

well the psu looks to be alright

[adlamb]

Inno3D GeForce 4 MX 440 with AGP&X

[Max Tractor]

No big power draw there, and no temp monitor I would guess. For now as before, I can only recommend temp/volt monitoring and then run the program that causes the problem. Is the card passive/active cooled, I would also double check the chipset fan

[adlamb]

can't find hardware doctor on the cd that came with the mobo or on the abit site...

googled it and found a d/l but specifically mentions Intel and doesnt mention that it works with AMD cpu's/ mobo's

any links for the amd compatible d/l?

card is passively cooled, (no fan, just a big heatsink) chipset fan on mobo is working fine

[Max Tractor]

http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/...ries=1&model=6

[Ceefer]

Of course you should look at the possibility that it is a MONITOR problem, rather than the pc. Maybe a component in the monitor got fried when lightening struck, resulting in the monitor losing its input signal after it heats up. Try to find another monitor to swap out.

[nytr0x]

Does the PC switch off if you leave just the bios open for 15-20 mins? The NF7-S bios has a page where you can see the temps of your motherboard components.