Beeps

[cdsonic]

My friends computer which is a 1.7 celron on an asus mobo. The problem is that it seems to omit one random beep at different times it is not doing any thing in particular. It is runing windows xp and he uses it for surfing and downloading.
Any Ideas???

 

[WarCon]

Fan Monitor or temp monitor is finding something irregular. Could be a flakey fan sensor in the CPU fan.

I believe it also beeps on bad voltages too, so kinda keep an eye on ones that might be going marginally lower or higher than they should.

 

[sinisterDei]

If nothing bad is actually happening, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Since it only happens once in a while, if you want to really fix it it'll take some research.

First, get yourself a copy of asus probe (probably on your mobo CD, if not, on Asus's website.) Install that, then run it and turn on "History" and set it to log everything it can. Then, wait till it beeps (random beep I mean) and check the history to see if it recorded some sudden drop in fan speed or spike in processor temperature or anything like that.

If it doesn't find anything, or if you just don't want to bother with it, you could always just unplug the PC-speaker

 

[cdsonic]

Nothing unusual that probe shows up.
If you turn of pc speaker it comes though the speakers attached to the sound card.

 

[WarCon]

One test for the fan sensor on the CPU fan is to plug in the case fan in the CPU header (assuming it is the type with a fan sensor) and plug the cpu fan into the case fan slot and see.

Or even see if you can disable the warnings in bios.

 

[cdsonic]

I disabled all the warning sensors in the bios. And you guest it the beep is still there/
Just as A stupid guess good it be a mouse on its way out?
It just started sticking in spots now when you use the scroll wheel the speakers make a weird scratching sound.

 

[sinisterDei]

It could easily be a mouse or keyboard, as invalid inputs on them can cause the speaker to beep. Like when you press too many keys on a keyboard at a time, a lot of time it beeps.