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Ok so my friend right here @I Love Huskies had some issues with his motherboard after upgrading the windows and i am wondering if there is any way to flash it back to and older version.Thanks

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Download the old version from manufacturer's site... though what's the issue?

His motherboard will reset every 30 mins.Software issues are out of the table did a check also the psu is out and the hdd

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temps? Is there VRM cooling? inflated-dirty caps? did you try out of the case? what's the CPU?

Temps are fine.He got a haswell

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Did he upgrade Windows, or update Windows? 

Because of he just updated, he can roll back to the latest stable build. 

If he upgraded, he would need to reinstall the old OS.

 

 

His motherboard will reset every 30 mins.Software issues are out of the table did a check also the psu is out and the hdd

How does this show? Does the PC BSoD or does it just turn off?

If there is a BSoD, can you upload the minidump file?

 

Edit: Ohh, so it's the BIOS that is at fault. 

Just download an older version from the manufactures website, and flash that to the motherboard.

The methode is a bit different depending on the board, but you should just follow the same methodology as you did when you flashed it the first time. 

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Did he upgrade Windows, or update Windows? 

Because of he just updated, he can roll back to the latest stable build. 

If he upgraded, he would need to reinstall the old OS.

 

 

How does this show? Does the PC BSoD or does it just turn off?

If there is a BSoD, can you upload the minidump file?

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He did a bios upgrade after that he had nothing but trouble with his pc 2 months working fine then he started getting restarts.The pc just turns off like a power outage and stays that way.Ye she had a few bsod but didn't took picture last one was related to a network adapter

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"I have used the update flash thing in bios and updated it to 1.0 and it still didn't fix it, is their a way i can completely return it to stock?  Also when i was trying to flash the bios it ended and restarted like it was finished when the percentage was only at 80%" what he said

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He did a bios upgrade after that he had nothing but trouble with his pc 2 months working fine then he started getting restarts.The pc just turns off like a power outage and stays that way.Ye she had a few bsod but didn't took picture last one was related to a network adapter

I just did a edit of my first post while you made your response. 

Unfortunatly these things happen. Sometimes the manufacture release unstable BIOS updates, and you will have to do a rollback

 

ndis.sys

Yep, that is the network adapter. Seems like the BIOS have trouble with the network adapter.

However it is not unknow that viruses mask them self as ndis.sys, so try doing a virus scan aswell.

 

"I have used the update flash thing in bios and updated it to 1.0 and it still didn't fix it, is their a way i can completely return it to stock?  Also when i was trying to flash the bios it ended and restarted like it was finished when the percentage was only at 80%" what he said

If he hasn't tried, he can do a cleat CMOS. Juts remove the PC from the power outlet and remove the motherboard battery. Then hold the power button for a couple of second, and the CMOS is cleared.

I don't know if this will work, since a reflash should do the same thing. 

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I just did a edit of my first post while you made your response. 

Unfortunatly these things happen. Sometimes the manufacture release unstable BIOS updates, and you will have to do a rollback

 

Yep, that is the network adapter. Seems like the BIOS have trouble with the network adapter.

However it is not unknow that viruses mask them self as ndis.sys, so try doing a virus scan aswell.

 
 

If he hasn't tried, he can do a cleat CMOS. Juts remove the PC from the power outlet and remove the motherboard battery. Then hold the power button for a couple of second, and the CMOS is cleared.

I don't know if this will work, since a reflash should do the same thing. 

Can degrading caps cause this instability?

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Can degrading caps cause this instability?

Theoretically yes, but most caps have a lifetime of 10+ years.

Look to see if any of the caps are burned, and if it's an older board, check if any of them are leaking. 

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so he upgraded windows and his motherboard went retarded?

Not the windows the bios

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@I Love Huskies

He did a bios upgrade after that he had nothing but trouble with his pc 2 months working fine then he started getting restarts.The pc just turns off like a power outage and stays that way.Ye she had a few bsod but didn't took picture last one was related to a network adapter

this sounds like a series of issues.

 

If it didn't behave this way immediately after flashing the BIOS, it's likely not the BIOS being the fatal error, despite how buggy it might be.

 

can he boot into safemode without networking?

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this sounds like a series of issues.

 

If it didn't behave this way immediately after flashing the BIOS, it's likely not the BIOS being the fatal error, despite how buggy it might be.

 

can he boot into safemode without networking?

So he can do a flash from safe mode?I guess yes

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