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Posted by Anomyst on Jul-27-2006 06:06:

Processor / motherboard / BIOS CPU Tempbeeping.

Processor / motherboard beeping.

Hey guys,

I have a very fast and compatable PC only about 7 months old as well.

when i burn DVD's - the motherboard/processor beeps on and off as if it is being overloaded.

also happens when i play Half Life 2.

This shouldnt happen as i have a P4 Dual Core 3.2 Ghz processor. and 2 GB ram

is there a setting or something to prevent the processor from being overloaded.

?? i dunno? any help would be much appreciated

I assume its something to do with the temperature but its not running that hard nor have i overclocked it.

how do you i fix this?

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Jul-27-2006 06:10:

go into your BIOS. there should be a setting in there somewhere to do with a temperature alarm. disable it.

as a general rule of thumb, youll get weird crashes and issues due to heat well before youll ever do any damage, so i really dont see the need for the system warnings.

Posted by 00soups00 on Jul-27-2006 06:10:

i dont have the answer, but i was always under the impression that a motherboard beeped when it had a device that wasnt compatible plugged into it..

if u have the motherboard manual, or even just the serial number and model of it, you might be able to track down what the beeps mean on th enet

Posted by Aesthetic on Jul-27-2006 06:12:

usually the mobo beeps when its too hot. more than likely one of your fans is busted, my mobo fan doesnt even work but i have 3 others in my chassis.. i just turned off the alarm like pkc said, useless shite.

Posted by Anomyst on Jul-27-2006 06:13:

the guys on ITM rekkon its temperature related.

i dont really want things to get overheated, would more fanning help or should i look at another cooling method.

Posted by Aesthetic on Jul-27-2006 06:14:

The guys on ITM also take it up the ass

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Jul-27-2006 06:16:

quote:
Originally posted by Anomyst
the guys on ITM rekkon its temperature related.

i dont really want things to get overheated, would more fanning help or should i look at another cooling method.

think of it as a speeding alarm cars have. in the BIOS there should be an option to pick a degrees C setting for when the alarm goes off. you can set it higher or lower, but turning this alarm off wont mean youre suddenly flying blind.

im onto my 3-4 system and ive overclocked several of them, and i have never had an issue with heat.

like i said, youll get ample warning before you do any damage. playing HL2 wont hurt your system. i promise

Posted by Anomyst on Jul-27-2006 06:16:

when i open up the task manager to check the stats when it beeps and the CPU is peaking hard up around the 90 - 100% mark.

?? are you sure it will be fine if i just switch the alarm off?

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Jul-27-2006 06:34:

quote:
Originally posted by Anomyst
when i open up the task manager to check the stats when it beeps and the CPU is peaking hard up around the 90 - 100% mark.

?? are you sure it will be fine if i just switch the alarm off?

its coz youre playing a game. intense!

the alarm doesnt do anything apart from make a noise. it doesnt change any settings, so at the moment youre still doing all you want, youve just got that annoying alarm going off.

it'll be fine, promise!

Posted by Paulie on Jul-27-2006 08:06:

You got too many fans on brother disable them all! Should do the trick. Your baby will be peaking like no tomorrow!

Posted by Light The Fuse on Jul-27-2006 10:09:

get some new cooling installed unless u wanna slowly but surely ruin your nice shiny cpu imo

Posted by T-Soma on Jul-27-2006 10:23:

Open the case after your finished playing a game. Touch the cpu and depending on the type of burn you get decide on what cooling you need.
Get a diagnostic prog and find out what the temp is getting up to and compare it with what the manual says is safe and blablabla. Need be, you can buy a fan for less then $10.

Posted by djway on Jul-27-2006 13:16:

Why don't you go into your bios and find out how hot ur CPU is running, and see if your fans are spinning properly.

Then if you've got a GUI program, check out the CPU temp in Win whilst it's beeping.

Instead of disabling the symptom, work out the cause. Computers can't think for themselves, it's responding to something for good reason.

--djway

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Jul-28-2006 02:16:

so, howd we go benji?

Posted by sunrise3500 on Jul-28-2006 02:25:

quote:
Originally posted by djway
Why don't you go into your bios and find out how hot ur CPU is running, and see if your fans are spinning properly.

Then if you've got a GUI program, check out the CPU temp in Win whilst it's beeping.

Instead of disabling the symptom, work out the cause. Computers can't think for themselves, it's responding to something for good reason.

--djway

exactly what you oughta do

in the bios, at what temperatures are the alarms set to go off?
it might be that by default they're set to go off at not even close to hot temperatures, in which case bump them up

report back what they're set to, and then we can tell you wether or not it's getting to the point where heat is an issue, or just if the default settings are stupidly low

also, http://mbm.livewiredev.com
motherboard monitor for monitoring temperatures, so u dont have to reboot and go into the bios just to check what it's at
you might find that useful for monitoring

quite interested in knowing what your idle temp is and what temperature it gets to after it's been under full load for a while

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Jul-28-2006 02:37:

i dont know why everyone is over-intellectualising this process. some cards/chipsets run hotter than others, your BIOS doesnt know what the safe temp is automatically, so essentially the alarm is useless. you might have a safe operating temp of 60 degrees, yet the alarm might be set to 40.

like i said, youll get graphical artifacts or repetitive crashes if its running too hot, which, if youre not overclocking, is highly unlikely. i think the fact that the burner is setting off the alarm says it all.

honestly, i know a lot of nerds and not one of them has this option switched on. the first time i encountered the feature my mate had it on for a day before getting rid of it, coz itd just go off all the time. it achieves nothing.

switch it off.

Posted by sunrise3500 on Jul-28-2006 04:25:

quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
i dont know why everyone is over-intellectualising this process. some cards/chipsets run hotter than others, your BIOS doesnt know what the safe temp is automatically, so essentially the alarm is useless. you might have a safe operating temp of 60 degrees, yet the alarm might be set to 40.

like i said, youll get graphical artifacts or repetitive crashes if its running too hot, which, if youre not overclocking, is highly unlikely. i think the fact that the burner is setting off the alarm says it all.

honestly, i know a lot of nerds and not one of them has this option switched on. the first time i encountered the feature my mate had it on for a day before getting rid of it, coz itd just go off all the time. it achieves nothing.

switch it off.

you'll get graphical artifacts from video card overheating/beyond specs.
cpu, you'll get system instability

but yeah, if it was something like 40, then that's nothing to worry about, and crank the threshold up

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Jul-28-2006 04:32:

sorry, is there an echo in here?

Posted by eRRaTiK on Jul-28-2006 04:39:

there is another solution. i used it when my pc was beeping.

unplug the pc speaker jumper on your mobo. it works, trust me.

Posted by sunrise3500 on Jul-28-2006 04:46:

quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
sorry, is there an echo in here?

sorry, is there an echo in here?