something beeping on my computer

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I3roknI3ottle

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ok im on my parents computer and sometimes when the load gets heavy i hear a beeping

Beep....Beep.....Beep.....Beep

itll stop at random and it does this randomly... It sounds like its coming from the hardrive, but i could be wrong. + I was walking up the stairs a little bit ago and I heard a long beep and the computer had restarted and windows said it had been form a driver device failure... I have never see seen this computer do that in the whole year they've had it.

Pentium 4 2.8 w/HT (Prescott)
ThermaTake Polo Cooler
Gigabyte GA-8I848P-G Motherboard
ULTRA 512MB PC-3200
Western Digital Caviar SE 200GB Hardrive
 
HDs dont really beep as far as i'm aware.

My best guess is something is overheating and those are warning beeps to shut the system down. If the board kicks itself off it could get reported as a device failure of some sort.

It could also be the power supply having problems. Kind of similar to the CPU or something else overheating and shutting down automatically. Try taking the side of the case off and point a fan at it or something. See if that eliminates the problem to a degree.
 
I dont thnk its anything with heat heres my temperatures

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I noticed something though, on my motherboard where I'm supposed to connect the the front power button, reset speaker connector, etc.. Theres 2 extra ones a little purple one thats 1 pin thats not labeled in the instructions or on the motherboard. Then theres the MSG(Message LED/Power/Sleep LED)(Yellow). But theres nothing that comes from the case that connects to this spot. In the fron only a blue LED comes on and stays on, i've nver seen the orange one light up that shows activity.
 
I just noticed something also. Under lavalys when looking at the Overclock tab the speeds on the CPU are changing

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it was going between those two speeds, like alternating. What could cause that?
 
It could be a bad motherboard unless you have anything that actively overclocks your system. I'm not sure how the FSB would just randomly be changing like that. It could be faulty monitoring software but hard to tell.

I don't have a ton of experience with the Intel chips so not really sure what to tell you. If you notice it beeping again check that thing ASAP to see if any of those values changed to anything significantly different from what you're seeing right now. I suppose it's possible the FSB is really getting up there, OCing the chip in the process and cranking out some serious heat.
 
I3roknI3ottle said:
I just noticed something also. Under lavalys when looking at the Overclock tab the speeds on the CPU are changing

wierd3ns.jpg


it was going between those two speeds, like alternating. What could cause that?
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a +- 15mhz overclock/underclock is normal... Clock cycles are determined by just that, a clock. And the clock is a quartz crystal, which isn't 100% accurate... As the thing pulses nearly accurately, clock cycle changes... If your cpu was over/underclocking by like 200 mhz, it'd be cause for alarm.
 
Were those temps taken when the computer was running at 100% load for a while?
Also, what type of "beep"? Is it from the case speaker?

Sounds like a temperature problem.

If your hard drive activity light does'nt come on, its probably wired wrong. eaither you have the ground and hot wires reversed (+ and -), or its just in the wrong pin location.
I would go to your motherboard website, and look for their latest edition of their setup manual, might have been a mistake in the old one.

Lastly, what was the room temp when you were getting these beeps? (estimate)
 
waldog said:
Have you monitored the voltages from the power supply?
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That was one of the first things I thought of besides possible overheating. If you're running monitoring software, and you hear the beeps... it could be one of your rails is dropping below what you or the manufacturer has specified as "safe". Make sure all of your rails are within their nominal ranges... 12v, 5v, 3.3v, and your Vcore.....
 
I am sort of thinking towards what Anarchy said. This though it sounds not like a component overheating, but a component failing. and it needs to be pulled and replaced. Also, in the past I have found some PC monitoring software for temps to sometimes be inaccurate. but it could be a also a sign of your motherboard dying. It too to me also sounds like it could also be an overheating problem because your PC does shutdown if it starts to overheat.
l337zax said:
That was one of the first things I thought of besides possible overheating. If you're running monitoring software, and you hear the beeps... it could be one of your rails is dropping below what you or the manufacturer has specified as "safe". Make sure all of your rails are within their nominal ranges... 12v, 5v, 3.3v, and your Vcore.....
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I would go with his suggestion, try if you have any free ones try plugging different Molex connectors into different components.
Just next time you trun your PC on, on start up and hit whatever button your PC uses, and do a display system messages to see if it lists any errors. I have sen from time to time on myine and clients PC's that sometimes the PC will not display the error on startup, so you have to check it. Unless its something bigger like checksum or realtime.
one thing you can rule out is HD failure. or you would get the horrible BSOD.
 
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