Help Diagnose please - recurring loud bips after boot/OS load

[simas]

4.5 year old computer - started to boot Windows (7) slowly, and now soon after turning on, start seeing very loud beeping (no screen artifacts or anything else).

Any advice on what to look at next? I do not think this is the video (screen loads, Windows shows no error messages). Motherboard? PSU? Should I look at CPU stability testing?

Thank you!

 

[simas]

if it helps, I can hang out in BIOS for the while without an issue and beeps, only after OS starts. CPU temps normal (32C on Idle)

 

[John Connor]

If there is a pattern to the beeps, refer to your motherboard's manual.

 

[LTC8K6]

Keyboard problem?

 

[Kenmitch]

Fan on cpu cooler? Does your bios show fan speeds?

 

[simas]

Thank you guys. Motherboard is P8p67 B3 revision (which Asus swapped in 2011 after the microcode bug) , I will look at Fan speeds tonight - anything in particular to look at?

 

[Kenmitch]

Thank you guys. Motherboard is P8p67 B3 revision (which Asus swapped in 2011 after the microcode bug) , I will look at Fan speeds tonight - anything in particular to look at?

I used to have the Pro version of that board many years ago. Last Asus board I've owned due to rma from hell.....Just venting as I had a flashback!

Look for the health, monitor or something similarly named tab. Don't remember exactly what asus called it. The page will have stuff like enable temp warning, fan failure,fan speeds,etc. Maybe min fan speed warning too high?

 

[simas]

ok. now i am confused. all beeps stopped - I turned off and then turned on CPU fan speed control , run ASUS tests (found nothing).

 

[Kenmitch]

ok. now i am confused. all beeps stopped - I turned off and then turned on CPU fan speed control , run ASUS tests (found nothing).

You still have the beep during post? If so seems you fixed the issue. Maybe bios fart?

 

[simas]

thank you Kenmitch. No -previously beep only happened after post (while in OS). I also had OS/system shut itself down which was making me worry about built in protection against dirty power/power fluctuations kicking in. right now, i have no beeps and so far it is running.

I think it gives me time for orderly upgrade of the system (which chipset, CPU, etc). the issue with upgrade is that I never felt limited by 4.5 year old 2600K which I am not even overclocking and my understanding of Skylake is that it is at most 50% increase after these 4 years. discarding working motherboard, 16 GB RAM, and 8 HT processor for 50% performance increase and having to buy all new is not something i think it is worthy

The other approach if everything fails is AMD stop gap - FX8350 plus MB that would allow me to reuse my RAM is $180 at local Microcenter, cheaper for 8320 and lower clock chips