beeping computer driving me bonkers

[cornishcrx]

beeep.....beeep......beeep......beeep

it happens after about 2-3 hours of use .then i shut it down, and it will not beep for about half an hour. I hate it, its making me mad :-o . Someone told me it might be over heating and i should throw it out a window?

[Jeff]

Sounds like it's overheating.

[Red04GT]

open it up, turn it on, see if your fan is going

[power2weight]

You could pull the speaker leed from the mobo, but I'm with the others here, sounds like your overheating.

Open the side of your case, then you'll have pretty much exposed the heatsink on the CPU to ambient air, you aren't going to get any cooler air to your CPU, no matter how many fans you attach.

Did you put a nice layer of thermal paste down on the CPU?

Is the fan running at the right speed (probably check somewhere in your bios)?

Is the air in the room hot (80+ or so)?

The voltage inside your case is Direct Current, IE if the +/- wires are reversed the fan will spin the wrong way, make sure its blowing down on the heatsink.

There is almost always room for more fans, I could have put 3 across the top of my case, this hole I made w/ a saber saw:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/bringwrctousa/DSC01186.jpg

[Fast420A]

Heatsink is probably full of dust and not cooling anymore or the fan on it is dead.

[cornishcrx]

one fans moving, one is not.

[Brian]

one fans moving, one is not.

The most likly its going to be a heat related issue. I would run the computer on the desk with the side panel off and with a fan blowing into it. I would also replace the fans, as well as clean the heatsink.

[Jeff]

You could pull the speaker leed from the mobo, but I'm with the others here, sounds like your overheating.

Open the side of your case, then you'll have pretty much exposed the heatsink on the CPU to ambient air, you aren't going to get any cooler air to your CPU, no matter how many fans you attach.

Did you put a nice layer of thermal paste down on the CPU?

Is the fan running at the right speed (probably check somewhere in your bios)?

Is the air in the room hot (80+ or so)?

The voltage inside your case is Direct Current, IE if the +/- wires are reversed the fan will spin the wrong way, make sure its blowing down on the heatsink.

There is almost always room for more fans, I could have put 3 across the top of my case, this hole I made w/ a saber saw:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/bringwrctousa/DSC01186.jpg

If there is a diode in the circuit there, and the voltage is reversed, there will be no fan spin at all. Some fans have them, some dont.

Most fan conectors only allow you to install the connector one way.

Just because you have ROOM for more fans, doesn't mean you should use them. 1.) Some power supplies cannot support many fans. 2.) You don't need more then a few fans. Everything else is over kill.

[HommieDaKlown]

btw power2weight thermal paste doesnt conduct as well as the heatsink itself, the idea of the thermal paste is to only use a small amount to fill in the gaps between the contact surfaces where there would normally be no conduction. a thick layer can cause heating issues :)