925X Neo Platinum Motherboard shuts down

URGENT help required
My system:-
MSI 925X Neo Platinum
Pentium 4-550-3.4GHz
MSI RX600XT-VTD128E
Antec Sonata case with 480W PS and a large 150mm fan on rear in addition to PS fan
512Mb DDR2 RAM
2 WD 12GB 7200rpm 8Mb Cache SATA
Pioneer DVR-109
56k Internal modem
FDD 1.44Mb
MS Multimedia KB
Logitech mouse
Windows XP Home
Whenever I shut my system down I always have to wait about 20-25mins before being able to re-boot. If I try to re-boot too soon it always shutdowns as soon as 1 or 2 secs after powering up. I am pretty sure it is not driver or software related because it shutsdown too soon and always boots OK from cold and only fails if I try a re-boot within 20 or 25 mins from shutdown. It appears to be temperature related. I have made other enquiries and while this CPU is known to run hot nobody else seems to experience these delays in rebooting. I have been told that the BIOS updates are lagging behind the hardware development and that it is not possible to adjust the BIOS temperature shutdown setting high enough to prevent the shutdown but why is my system the only one experiencing this problem.
Also, I notice that with the PC Alert 4 display the +12V supply is only showing 5.58V. Is that right?

Quote from: NovJoe on 10-April-05, 15:12:24
Feedback to us when your new system arrived.
I have my new system up & running - well almost!!!! I brought it home and after loading some software I starting transferring some old LP records onto CDs. After 4 trouble free days of that I decided to try out some video editing but when I ran Intervideo WinDVD the system froze when I selected "Capture". Thinking it may be software problems I tried to do the same with Windows Movie Maker & Nero and the system froze with each program. The system is now back with the retailer so he can get it working properly.
I think I need to get my old trouble free Athlon back!!!!

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