Now you really make me afraid to touch the Bios at all. Thanks for the advice, I think I'll leave it to my son. He's more into the inside working s of a PC. I'll let you know how I get on. Dorothy Jones You might want to search for a program on the internet or from the motherboard manufacturer of your computer that monitors temp(s) and sends a pop-up if something is out of bounds..... Dennis Dittmar Maspeth NY PCBUILD's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>