Updating BIOS worked for me, System ASUS M5A78L-M USB3, FX4100, GTX 550Ti. After 2 months of it not working. Thanks for the tip!!

Awesome! Really glad to help!

Awesome! I'm glad I could help!

Thank you very much.

Honestly, I would strongly recommend that you just call the company that makes your motherboard and have them walk you through it. That's what I did. It was about a 25 minute phone call but it's so totally worth it. They won't let you screw anything up.

Like I've said, the easiest way to fix it is to call the manufacturer of your motherboard and have them walk you through the process of flashing your BIOS. It takes about 25 minutes to do and it's totally worth it. I'm pretty sure that this will fix your motherboard and allow you to play your games. Happy gaming!

for me its whenever i try to install a game on steam it just crashes my steam so i have to restart the dam thing back at square 1

Read in the description. I finally got it fixed today! woohoo!!!

@xvi32 It's not a processor issue, it's a motherboard issue. Call the company that makes your motherboard and have them walk you through the process of "flashing your BIOS". It's kind of complicated and it would be hard to explain over YouTube.

 i was playing dota, it just froze for 3 seconds and then closed it with no warning...? wtf 

steam only emails me back if I say "disregard this email I fixed the problem" lol and they say "glad I could help" ??? Yeah, I helped myself.

hmm that's the only thing i haven't tried yet..

This little glitch is well litteraly killing my steam

What kind of motherboard do you have? Gigabyte? Asus?

I run on vista home premium and all my games crash immediately.

Well it never hurts to have your software updated so after you update all your drivers, flash your BIOS just to be up to date on everything! Also make sure that your computer is not overheating. Since it works for a decent chunk of time and then quits, that could be an issue. Avoid that at all costs since that can physically ruin your computer.

Hey guys,

You need to update your BIOS on your motherboard. This is called "flashing" your BIOS. Call the manufacturer of your motherboard and have someone walk you through it. It can be risky to do sometimes.