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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: FireChaser on November 27, 2005, 05:35:45 AM

Title: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: FireChaser on November 27, 2005, 05:35:45 AM

Hi, i am on windows XP using a fairly old computer and i have got this BIG problem :o:
   Wot happens is that internet slows down, and the computer turns off, and then the hardrive starts making a beeping sound :o. The only way to stop the beeping is to cut the power, or cold down the power button. If the computer isn't left for about 5 mins whenever u try to turn it on again it starts making the beeping sound.
  I am pretty sure it is an internet related problem.

PLZ HELP!

[glb]FireChaser[/glb]

Title: Re: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: 2k_dummy on November 27, 2005, 06:13:18 AM

Hard drives don't beep. What you describe sounds like a heat problem.

Title: Re: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: FireChaser on November 27, 2005, 06:14:26 AM

trust me it does beep, it's kind of like a siren sound but slower...

Title: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: Mac on November 27, 2005, 06:22:20 AM

Head to this FREEWARE (http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=1;action=display;num=1128543919=post#7) page, install Everest and see what your processor temperatures are like. Sounds like a heat problem.

Can you see if your fans are running properly?

Title: Re: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: 2k_dummy on November 27, 2005, 06:26:00 AM

If my HD made a sound like that, I would suspect it is failing. But I still think your problem is heat related. Open the case and blow out all the dust bunnies and make sure all the fans are running. I suspect the PSU itself is overheating.

Title: Re: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: FireChaser on November 27, 2005, 06:43:08 AM

ok, i'll try that, thx....

oh, if the temperatures are too high how can i make sure they don't get high again?

Title: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: Mac on November 27, 2005, 08:53:16 AM

The fans need to be running properly and there needs to be sufficient air around the computer. Vents need to be clean too.

Maybe the Processor heat-sink needs re-seating but I wouldn't do that until you are sure of the rest.

Title: Re: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: patio on November 28, 2005, 08:55:16 AM

I agree with 2K...HDD's do not beep.

patio.  8)

Title: Re: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: GX1_Man on November 28, 2005, 06:41:12 PM

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i am pretty sure it is an internet related problem.

How on earth did you come to this conclusion?

And hard drives do not beep!

Title: Re: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: merlin_2 on November 28, 2005, 06:45:47 PM

Not enough info........another windup.i feel.......



i have answered this problem before.

Title: Re: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: Mystik1982* on November 29, 2005, 05:05:34 AM

Actually I heard a HDD beep.  I didn't believe it so I told my friend to bring it over with him and surely enough it was beeping when in my PC.  I believe it was a maxtor.  I've never heard that before from an HDD and I still haven't another one do it since.  Don't really know what it was, but I do know his HDD was dead.

Title: Re: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: FireChaser on December 01, 2005, 06:32:28 AM

i'm not messing around, i would not tell u my hd beeped if it didn't, i am also not imagining it...

BTW what is a maxtor?

ok more info...

Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600)

System Manufacturer: SHUTTLE Technologies, Inc.

System Model: AK39

BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG

Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+, MMX, 3D Now, ~2.0GHz

Memory: 512MB RAM

DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (i'm not sure if i should tell u this code in case it's meant to be confedential)

Display: RADEON 7500 Series

Chip Type: RADEON 7500 AGP (0x5157)

DAC Type: Internal DAC(350MHz)

Approx. Total Memory: 64.0 MB

u need any more info?

ok i will describe the problem in more detail...

i play on a MMORPG called MU on a private server, after i've been playing for a while sometimes the internet goes really slow or laggy, then the computer will just go blank with no warning except the slow internet...

it immediatle starts making this bee boo, bee boo, bee boo noise and i have to hold down the power button to stop it...

the computer has to be left for a couple of minutes until it will turn on without making the beeping noise...

i hope that's enough info, if u need any more specifics, just ask...

plz help me solve this annoying problem.

[glb]FireChaser[/glb]

Title: Re: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: Mystik1982* on December 01, 2005, 07:04:07 AM

Maxtor manufactures hard drives.  Have you looked into the others ideas that it is a heat problem yet?  That notion seems the most logical to me as well.

Also what do you use in the way of anti-virus and anti-spyware protection?

Title: Re: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: Blackberry on December 01, 2005, 08:48:33 AM

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i'm not messing around, i would not tell u my hd beeped if it didn't, i am also not imagining it..
[glb]FireChaser[/glb]

how on earth do you know that is your hd that beeps? perhaps it is your processor, but hd's can't beep !

Title: Re: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: FireChaser on December 01, 2005, 09:59:00 AM

i have norton anti virus latest version...

i dunno what is beeping, i just know it is coming from the box that holds all your hardware in (except printer and moniter) which i thought was called a hardrive...

Title: Re: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: FireChaser on December 01, 2005, 01:03:31 PM

ok, mac, i got everest on...

how exactly do i found out the temperature caus all i can see is computer jargan and i dunno who the letters stand for or anything...

can i have exact directions plz  :P

[glb]FireChaser[/glb]

Title: Re: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: Fed on December 01, 2005, 01:09:00 PM

Open Everest->Computer->Sensor.

Title: Re: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: FireChaser on December 01, 2005, 01:22:24 PM

thx FED, what temperatures should my computer be at?

Title: Re: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: FireChaser on December 02, 2005, 10:51:16 AM

hey...

what should my temperatures me like???

Title: Re: HELP! MAJOR PROBLEM
Post by: GX1_Man on December 02, 2005, 03:17:33 PM

Not 87 degrees!