Unknown bleep on hard drive !!!

[ned1]

Hi all,
I have a Sony computer running XP (home),
which has two led's on the front for the hard drives (c-d) and a blue light bar (to show it's powered up), under when running that will turn red if it is in standby.
Sometimes the light bar will flash blue and red (some sort of warning !!) with a bleeping sound.
Has anyone got any idea what this means.
Thanks
Ned   :-?  

[Rob Pomeroy]

Is this a laptop?  Low battery warning?

This will all be in your manual, probably...  

[ned1]

Hi Rob,
I cannot find the manual and it's a decktop  

Ned
ps Do desktops have a battery back-up !!

[panboy]

My Desktop has a battery back up, its an APC ups and Can Run my Computer For A DAY! (Its as big as my Computer)

But yours Does Not Likely have one,

Post the Model Number of the PC , or look it up on the Sony site and you might be able to find the manual.

Since when do Sony do Desktops?

[Rob Pomeroy]

It wouldn't be connected to a battery issue then.

If you know your Sony model number, you can download a PDF copy of the manual from Sony's technical support site.  Have a search.  If you need help finding it, let us know.  We'll need the model number.

Edit: thinking along the same lines as panboy!

Sony have done desktops for a long-o time.  Not all Vaios are laptops.  

[ned1]

Hi Panboy.
 It's  SONY PCV RX514 Desktop and they do a whole series ,
Ned
Ps Rob thanks for that I will have look !!

[ned1]

Hi all,
Unknown bleep may be sorted now, It was bleeping for about 2-3min then off for a time then back on again, unable to find any information about the "Bleep" !!  
Then wondered if it was running hot, put a room fan in front of the computer and bleeping stop after a time and it has not bleeped for about 3 hours now  
Ned
ps anyone else had problems with the heat  :-?

[GX1_Man]

Some computers have heat sensors that trigger the alarm. The actual temps that trigger it can be adjusted in the BIOS on some models. I am not sure what Sony offers on desktops.

Heat can be caused by ambient temperatures, dust, improperly functioning fans, or general inadequate ventilation in the case.

You can probably check internal temps with Everest Home to see what is happening, but you have diagnosed the problem with the external fan.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

As for solutions:
1) Check that all internal fans are working
2) Clear out any dust bunnies with a can of compressed air (DO NOT blow into the fans themselves without blocking the blades to keep them from spinning as you can damage fragile bearings!)
3) Check temps
4) Check BIOS to see what alarm thresholds are set at, if this is possible.

[panboy]

http://www.vaio-link.com/manuals/manuals.asp?l=en&category=1&serie=PCV-RX&m=867

Here's the manual, i find'ed it for ya , ill have a look to see what is says a bout beeps

Edit : [timestamp=1153407213]

Bah! I jsut looked trought that manual.. It Sucks so bad its just not Right!

There's Nothing in it! its 50 pages of Sony Crap! i hate sony.... evil bastards

im now going to have a look at What Mobo that came with and see if i can find there Beep codes

[panboy]

Looking for the Beep codes for you computer , I just had a serious LOL Event.... Check it out

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=13957

But Any how , i cant Find any Particular Info for your Computer, its proving Elusive... is you could do what GX1 man said and post Everest Results it would bee Good

[ned1]

Hi Panboy,
Thanks for all your hard work, had a look at the codes   .
It seems it's temp problem as with the room fan in front it's  been silent since yesterday  

Many thanks
Ned  

[dl65]

ned1......  Certainly sounds like a temperature alarm ......do as GX1_Man has suggested ........ in particular ....#2   go out and buy a can of air duster....and clean it out ........

dl65  

[ned1]

Hi,
Got my can of air duster and cleaned the computer out,
will let you know if it works.
Thanks
Ned