hello, my computer is taking a downward spiral. i have dual boot system with XP and suse 10.0. my windows side kept turning itself off for no reason, linux seemed to be working fine. however i started noticing the clock was having a hard time keeping track of the time, on both OS's, then linux started doing the turn off thing. now i try to boot linux and it gets hung up on:
"setting up cmos clock"
and wont boot at all.

are these problems related?
do i need a new cmos battery?
how do i going about getting one, and are they motherboard specific ( i have a ASUS k8n-3 deluxe, Ai series)?
would the cmos battery be affecting the power supply and that is why both OS's shut down for no reason (windows still does and linux did before the boot problem)?
OR is it possible something with my video card. it had an easier time staying on the less app's were running, especially when watchin youtube videos?

...any pointers, thanks
rich

I would replace the cmos battery for starts as well. Not sure why that would be related. As far as shutdown can be a few other things. A power supply going bad, A fan that has failed like on the CPU. Check the fan on the cpu. Maybe it might need cleaned out in the case as well as the power supply. If the motherboard chipset is suppoort you can use lmsensors to see temperture of the cpu and possible other points on the board. Why you are at it might as well check to make sure all cards are fully seated. Best way is push the card down oppisite the hold down screww while tighting up the hold down screw. Also chack to see if all plugs are fully seated as well as any chips like the processor.

When system shutdowns restart and go into the bios and see if it list tempertures and what they are at the time.

Brian