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5870 beeps solid under load

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hello i have recently upgraded my video card for a crossfirex / eyefinity setup

i have the following:
2x XFX 5870 1GBs
Intel DX58SO (latest BIOS)
Intel i7 965
Corsair 750 watt PSU
Corsair 3x2GB DDR3
Intel SSD X25-E
3x Dell U2410

everything configures fine, but under load (in game or win7 benchmark) there is a solid audible alarm. this happened running a single 5870 as well (but i did not try each of them yet)

any ideas? i hope there is something simple i missed :( doesn't seem it would be overheating
 
Hmm coil whine? or maybe the vid card(s) are complaining they aren't getting enough power?
 
I had a 620 watt corsair PSU (w/ two 6v connectors attached), and I got the beep-under-load using 1 card. I presumed the PSU, so I got the 750 watt to replace (and to support four 6v connectors).. same result

I will have to try the cards individually again tonight...

I don't think it's the coils, it is a generated tone~
 
Check seating on the PCIe slots and unplug/replug your power connectors (solid connection). Same result? RMA perhaps
 
If it's giving alarms under load I would be concerned about either heat or power output. Have you monitored the heat while under load as that is much simpler to diagnose.
 
I just got home from work an hour ago and troubleshot: each card individually, temps were fine, installed the new 10.4 drivers, but still got the audible alarm under test

then i figured it out... it was an older UPS in alarm, which the PC was plugged in to (alone). I was likely pulling too much from it, now that i put in to hungry hungry video cards

running with no problems now, without battery
ugh THANKS.. move along
 
My old APC gave an alarm when I was playing COD4 awhile back. Took me a few minutes to figure out what was going on. :eek: :D
 
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