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Why the hell is it beeping at me?!

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Ilmater

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I need some help with some beeps. I just built a computer for a friend (not the first computer I've built by a long shot). It contains:

Chaintech Apogee 7VJL
AMD Athlon XP 1600+
Swiftech MCX-370-C HSF
Gainward GF4 Ti4200 Golden Sample w/ 128MB of RAM
Antec 660AMG w/ 330W TruePower PS

I put it together at my apartment and loaded up Windows, along with all of the other programs. After bringing the computer to my friend's house the next day, it was making a beeping noise every once in awhile. I didn't think to much of it the first time, but it beeps about every 10 or 20 minutes now. I rebooted and checked the temperature, but it's running at a cool 42 degrees celcius, and the alarm isn't supposed to go off until it gets to 65 degrees. The sound is two consecutive beeps, the second one having a slightly higher pitch than the first. I originally thought it sounded like a temperature beep, but I checked the temperature.

I could only come up with two other possibilities:
1) The HSF has a 4-pin molex connector and does not connect directly to the motherboard. Therefore, maybe the board is mad because it doesn't detect any RPM coming from the fan.
2) Possibly, in transport, the HSF became loose and it's slightly losing contact with the CPU, causing the temps to shoot up.

However, I don't think either of these is plausible because:
1) The computer was running for nearly two hours at my apartment and never beeped.
2) Unless the computer is moving (which it's not), I don't see how the HSF could keep losing contact with the processor.

Please help, as I need to get rid of the noise, and find the source of the problem in case it is something serious.
 
Originally posted by: Ilmater
The sound is two consecutive beeps, the second one having a slightly higher pitch than the first. I originally thought it sounded like a temperature beep, but I checked the temperature. I could only come up with two other possibilities: 1) The HSF has a 4-pin molex connector and does not connect directly to the motherboard. Therefore, maybe the board is mad because it doesn't detect any RPM coming from the fan. 2) Possibly, in transport, the HSF became loose and it's slightly losing contact with the CPU, causing the temps to shoot up. However, I don't think either of these is plausible because: 1) The computer was running for nearly two hours at my apartment and never beeped. 2) Unless the computer is moving (which it's not), I don't see how the HSF could keep losing contact with the processor. Please help, as I need to get rid of the noise, and find the source of the problem in case it is something serious.
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I have had that hi-lo beep many times - nothing is usually wrong except the BIOS based sensors don't like the variations received - mainly voltage fluctuaitons. My solution is now pretty easy - I go into the BIOS and in hardwrae monitor, I set everything to IGNORE. Then I use Asus "Probe" to tell me what is happening. One time I fixed it by replacing the power supply. 🙂

 
If this ends up being the problem, then I'm going to tell all of you Antec lovers out there to suck it. The PS is an Antec TruePower 330W PS, and should be able to easily handle a CD-RW, floppy drive, hard drive, 4 case fans, a heatsink fan, a Gainward GF4 Ti4200, a modem, onboard sound and LAN, and an AXP 1600+. If it can't, I'll surely never buy an Antec PS again.

However, I did have some trust in Antec (otherwise I wouldn't have used their PS). Doesn't anyone else have any suggestions?
 
Just because it's a loved part doesn't mean it's can't be defective from the factory. It may just be a damaged supply, just monitor the fluctuations for awhile with PCProbe's History feature.

DC
 
Could someone please let me know what to look for in terms of "too many" fluctuations. 10% off? 20% off? Maybe anything outside of 3.4V or 3.2V is too much for a PS to be varying. I don't know, so please let me know.
 
The problem may not be with your psu, it could be the variations in your friends power coming from the wall socket. If you have a ups, try adding it to the equation and see if the beeps stop. You may be seeing brown-outs or power spikes...
 
I'll try that as well, but I'd have to buy a UPS to test that. Could I first get someone to explain what expectations I should have as far as voltage goes. If the problem is voltage, then I'd like to know that for sure before I go buying a UPS to see if it will help.

Also, I don't know much about UPSs. Could someone please recommend one? I posted the system specs above, and I would like to get something reasonably priced, yet able to handle that much hardware easily.
 
I suggest u first try borrowing a UPS instead of buying one

that way u wont have wasted much money if it wasnt the power socket

and yes u can use a monitor like asus monitor or MBM to derive the voltage fluctuations ... It hink that's the most plausible cause ...

 
Can't someone give me an idea of which UPS to use? Maybe you like a certain brand? A certain rating? 300VA? 3000VA?
 
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