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ribs

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    a loud sound from computer went it starts
    « on: April 11, 2008, 04:19:00 AM »
    i had a motherboard die on me a few days ago i got a new one and installed it

    when i started it for the first time a loud solid alarm sound comes from the cpu area though i have not pinpointed the source

    anyone have ideas on what this could be?
    new board is a EVGA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard 2.4 Intell due core 6600 cpu duel 8800gts

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    Re: a loud sound from computer went it starts
    « Reply #1 on: April 11, 2008, 05:06:17 AM »
    What is the alarm sound? If it is a beep, how many beeps?

         http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm

    ribs

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      Re: a loud sound from computer went it starts
      « Reply #2 on: April 11, 2008, 05:12:30 AM »
      one solid sound that stay on as long and computer is turned on