Would old motherboard bios cause a reboot when gaming?

[SingleMalt]

I have been having a problem with my comp rebooting when playing games and I have done several things to find a solution. I have not however flashed my mobo bios. I don't have a floppy drive so I am having a tough time doing it, but will old bios cause a comp to reboot when gaming?

[captainspud]

Are you running hot? Heat always used to cause reboots and lockups during games for me.

[SingleMalt]

What would be the best way to figure out if it is heat that is causing the reboots? It only happens when I game.

[captainspud]

Open the side of your case, get an oscillating stand-up fan, and blow it directly in your case. If you don't have problems with that setup, your problem is heat. As for how to fix heat problems..? I never really solved that. I got a new computer.

[MJB]

You can buy fans that go right in your case.

-MJB

[captainspud]

I never found those to be much help.

[SingleMalt]

I am now suspecting a overheating gpu or possibly cpu. I switched out my geforce 7800 with my old 6600 after I felt how hot the heatsink was on the 7800. The reboots stopped but I have to test it for several days to really determine if that was the problem. I ordered these to make sure I was cooling the gpu and cpu as much as I can, short of buying a liquid cooling system. Ultra X-Wind Socket 2200rpm K8/AM2 Copper CPU Cooling Fan;Thermaltake TMG ND1 VGA Chipset Cooler for nVidia 6800/7800/7900 Series and
Arctic Silver Premium Silver Thermal Epoxy Adhesive.