Ok heres my problem. After playing for a while my computer starts to make this beep. Not alot of little beeps but one constant beep like when a heart flatlines hehe. Im guessing after about 30 seconds of this beeping my system just locks up and i have to perform a hard shutdown. Any ideas? Its really making me mad lol.

Oz sounds like you need to reseat your ram or replace the mem??
Guess this answers your other post. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif

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WAIT, WAIT, WAIT,
We have seen this before and I can't remember exactly what it relates to at the moment. There were also instances of the machine playing funny music, not thru the sound card, but the system speaker. I think it means your BIOS battery is dead. This should not freeze your system but maybe it will http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif I am sure someone familiar with this will be along soon, so hang in there.
As for more ram, go form it http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Total of 256 shouldn't hurt any system

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It sounds like it may be an over-temperature alarm. Go into the BIOS and see if there are temperature monitors that you can check. You might have a slow or stuck CPU cooling fan.

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Playing Music ( i believe it's the furelise 0 means your CPU is overheating! Check your fan on the CPU immediattly!! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/eek.gif

see this MS article on the subject { MS Support-fur elise from PC speaker (http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q261/1/86.ASP) }

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What I want to know is no mention of music only solid flat line beep,a solid flat line beeb from Bios, is is no mem. found in first SDRAM slot??
How in the world then do you come up with it's playing a wonderful world !
said nothing about music from speakers.Yes It probobly is as reid mentioned the temp. but I just don't understand where you came up with the music bit.?? I'd like to know just for future reference pls.
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Maybe a reread of my post is in order:
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"We have seen this before and I can't remember exactly what it relates to at the moment. There were also instances of the machine playing funny music, not thru the sound card, but the system speaker"

I clearly said I can't remember exactly, and I also said there were also instances of music. I was wrong on the cause of the symptom but I said that someone familiar with it would be along.

I think you also need to reread the original post as OZ states the beep comes after using the machine for a while. Beeps relating to RAM occur during POST.



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Ok first of all no music is being played from my computer speaker lol. If that would happen I'd call a priest to perform a excorcism lol. Anyways ive been monitoring my pcu temps and this is what it reads.

CPU Temp 145 F
MB temp 93 F

Everything is saying OK on my monitoring system. Ive got my ram in the proper slot according to my mother board book and the mother board is brand new so it *should* have a fresh battery but things do happen. The mother board is a ASUS A7A266. Im running a Athlon 1.4 tbird with 128 ram. This problem didnt start till yesterday and Ive had the system for about 2 weeks. Thanks http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

That's at least a 3rd way too high for your CPU, you need to check your CPU fan to make sure it's running properly. Also you should have at least 1 case fan, preferebly in the back, to help draw heated air out of your system.

You're CPU should be running around 30*-40*C on the average ( between 80* F and 100* F tops ), obviously the cooler the better. Same for your motherboard, the case fan will help lower your temps.

As for the Music, well....It's a n undocumented feature that when you hear fur elise or another beethoven strain it is your system telling you there is a hardware problem. Glad to hear that you don't hear any music as described. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

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bassman this was not an acusation, or a put down! I was mearly asking how do you come to that conclusion ! know that you said that the beep that I thought it might be,RAMM only comes from post That is what I wanted to know.You take things to personal.lighten up http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

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Hey OZ,
Sorry about the music thing http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif It was in referance to similar previous posts.
You said this happens after a while, like, how long? At 145 F. you are close to the recommended High temp from AMD. There has been discussion here that 145 is to high. If your monitor is running a tad behind and the CPU is actualy exceeding the "over" limit, it will lock before you can see the true temp. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif

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[This message has been edited by bassman (edited 09-23-2001).]

Well I took my cover off my pc and took it out of my desk and set in the open next to the air conditioning vent. Right now after letting it sit off for about 30 min its running at 120F. The monitoring system is set to cut it off at 145F. I talk to a friend and he said that we may need to take the gel protection off the bottom of the fan seperating it from the CPU to see if thats causing the problem but thats kind of a last resort kind of thing. If all else fails i buy a bigger fan. The fan i got right now is the recommended fan from this processor. Any help would be appreciated. Thx.

Ok this may not be possible but if it is impraying this is the cause and its an easy fix. Im sitting here watching my CPU fan spin and I cant feel anything coming off it even though it is running. Is it possible that the fan could be running backwards blowing the heat on to the CPU? If this is possible how would i fix it? If its not possible then just call me an idiot and tell me to shutup lol. Thx

One more thing, ive got it rigged up where my airconditioning vent is lowing directly into the casing to help lower ttemperatures while i talk on this board. This wont hurt anything Im hoping hehe. The humidity is not high so im thinking no bbut im not a smart pc guy. Any worries?

I just read a couple of articles that were saying you should have the fan blowing into the heatsink if you don't have a shroud on it....seems to be a reasonable thing on the surface...but if it is moving air that is what counts. How do you have the case cooled...with your processor you should probably have a fan pulling fresh air into the case and one exhausting it (besides the PSU fan). The intake should be low and in the front the exhaust should be high and in the back....

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I do have 3 total fans. One is down low in the front and one is up high in the back and then the CPU fan. All of which are working. So it doesnt matter which way the fan blows as long as it blows? Also my CPU fan is a CPU Tbird 1.4G Socket heatsink Cooler Master EP5-6I11-A1 made by Cooler Master. I wss just watching my monitoring program and it gets spike sin temperature up to 235F for like a split second and once had a drop in Voltage for a split second. I dunno if this is for real or just the program messing up.

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Sorry if im bothering you guys but this is really troubling me. My mind just can't comprehend that if my room temp is cold and all my fans are working why is my CPU over heating? I have looked on the net for any information i can about this problem and this seems to be the only place where actual help is rendered. If anyone thinks they might be able to help me and u have ICQ please contact me at 132148019 (Ervin Bloodstone). Thank you all SO much http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

I'd say that the heatsink isn't making good contact with the CPU...di you remove the little piece of clear plastic over the tape on the hs before you installed it?


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Yea i removed the tape but thx for the help http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif Ive been reading up on alot of other people having the same processor and probs and it seems that everyone who has a 1.4 is experiencing the same temps. Im wondering if the temps are supposed to be that high but because my program is set to shut down at a certain temp its restricting me. hmmmmm

That is a very good possibility OZ but, with the room temps and the AC blowing into the case and if your not running processor intensive programs, I would say your running to hot. 145 should be concidered an acceptable high under normal conditions (case on, fans working, using machine and programs at will.)
Sorry to keep harping on this http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif but we are trying to make sure you have the right product between the HEATSINK and processor. A thin film of thermal paste or thermal tape should be there. You responded to MJC's Q. by saying you "removed the tape". Hopefuly not the thermal tape as well.
Anyway, http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif you might try increasing your shutdown temp slightly and see how she holds up. I cannot be held responsible if this causes a meltdown though http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/eek.gif as this is at your own risk.
We're still with you on this one so keep us posted

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