wierd system shutdowns

[montmorency]

this has happened twice niw. i was doing my home work on word when my computer shut down. when i turn it back on it says overclocking failed?!?!?!
i was running word as my only program. i have never overclocked this comp.
does any one know wht this might have happened??? thanx

[Pascs]

In the bios it is possible to choose something like 'fail safe settings' or 'performance settings'. These performance settings can 'overclock' something in the computer - perhaps even just the memory to run at a faster clock speed.

Try going into the bios and loading the fail safe settings.

[montmorency]

even if all i was running was word? ill try that anyways tho. thanx