What is 'an English siren'?  As an Englishman, I'd
love to know.

--- John Sproule <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Usually, those siren like sounds are indications
> that the BIOS system
> monitors are finding something that has gone beyond
> a particular threshold,
> such as temperature, fan speed, voltage, etc.  Not
> infrequently, there is a
> warning threshold and then a shutdown threshold.
> The sort of situation you
> described would seem to fit with a situation where
> the CPU was overheating,
> for example.
>
> You mentioned replacing the motherboard and the CPU,
> however, and yet you
> still get this problem, which is a bit baffling,
> assuming that both were
> installed correctly.  It doesn't sound like there is
> enough time to get into
> the BIOS system monitor screen to see what the
> detected temps, fan speeds,
> and voltages are.
>
> John Sproule
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul E. Mason" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 11:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Dead PC - English siren
>
>
> > All fans are working....for the first two to three
> seconds and then it
> > shuts
> > down.  Could be vid, but, that should make the
> whole computer shut
> > down....should it?
>
>                The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now
> offering
>                  our special coffee mugs and mouse
> pads
>               with the PCBUILD logo...  at a great
> price!!!
>
> http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml
>

        The NOSPIN Group has added a new feature on our website,
           web based bulletinboard for questions and answers:
              Visit our sister website at http://nospin.com