When it does that I can't get it to do anything but beep. I have been very
cautios with it, but next time I boot it I'll check those thresholds. I was
thinking it might be temperature, since when I left it off for a few hours
and tried it again it seemed to work ok.


On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:01:19 -0500, John Sproule <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I wonder if that is a warning signal from your BIOS that one of your
> motherboard monitoring functions is over or under a threshold setting.
> It
> could be temperature, fan speeds, or maybe even voltage levels.  Can you
> get
> into the BIOS when the alarm is sounding or does the computer not even
> boot
> up that far?  When you can get the computer booted up, do any of the BIOS
> motherboard monitoring readings look like they are borderline acceptable?
>
> John
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Buckhalter" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 4:54 PM
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Urgent problem, unknown beeping and no boot
>
>
> Well, the lights around the power button come on and it beeps two tones,
> both low but the first higher than the 2nd(reminds me of french police
> sirens in the movies). I have to turn off the power supply in the back to
> make it stop.
>
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