Abit AX8 - Getting beep on Windows boot, help

[scsi stud]

Hello,

I recently built a system, using the Abit Ax8 motherboard that was recently released. Everything seems to be working okay, however, I noticed that as I am booting into Windows XP Pro, right before it goes to the Username/Password prompt, the motherboard gives out a slight beeping sound. If I connect the speakers to the system the beep goes to the speakers as well.

Today, I turned on the PC after it has been off for about 16 hours; as its POSTing I am getting a constant two-beep sound, one of it a bit higher pitched than the other beep. Sort of like:

High - Low - High - Low (each one is a short beep).

However, the system booted fine and seems to be working okay. Does anyone have any suggestions on what that might be? I checked the CPU/MB temps using the Abit uGuru software and everything is perfectly normal. I even tried re-seating the gfx card as well as my memory and beeping still occurs. It doesn't happen all the time, I would say about 80% of the time.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

What are your temps? Check the BIOS monitoring section and disable the warnings, see if the problem goes away.

Also post the rest of your spec (memory, power supply, etc).

 

[scsi stud]

Thanks for the reply.

Here are my exact specs:

AMD Athlon 64 socket 939 3200+
Abit AX8 Motherboard
1GB Crucial DDR PC3200 DRAM
Western Digital 74GB Raptor SATA 10k RPM drive
Chaintech PCI-Express Geforce 6600GT 128MB graphics card
Plextor Dual Layer DVD-+RW drive
Lite-On DVD-ROM Drive
Netgear WG311 USB 2.0 Wireless Network Adapter

Evercase 350W Case/Power supply

Do I disable the warnings via the BIOS? If so, where? I don't seem to see where to disable the warnings...

Thanks.

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

It's all under uGuru I believe. It might be a better idea to install the uGuru software and do it all from Windows.

EDIT: also fire a message to ABIT support, they will probably give you the right idea of what the beeps mean.

 

[scsi stud]

Okay, I found it in the BIOS where I can disable the warnings and also check on the temps. The temps for everything is optimal; I haven't done any overclocking or anything and everything is staying cool (well below the limit it has for when it beeps).

I don't want to disable the warnings because that really doesn't fix the problem..

Do you know where exactly I can send a message to Abit support?

Also, any other ideas?

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

http://www.abit-usa.com/support/techsupport.php

Other things you can do:
1) check the 2-digit code your mobo displays;
2) ask at abit-usa forums.

Good luck.