At 05:42 PM 1/24/2003 -0500, Gary wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>Recently, I have completed a mobo & cpu swap on my system along with new
>hard drives. On occasion, Windows XP will just quit running, forcing a
>hard re-boot.
>When I press the power button, I won't get a POST. Instead of the single
>beep signifying the POST, I'll hear alternating high-low tones (beeps)
>like the sound you hear from a European Police vehicle's siren.



The European siren is a motherboard alarm telling you that a fan (most
likely the CPU fan) is either not turning at all, or is turning too slowly.
In that case, you're experiencing overheating of the CPU which will cause
hard freezes such as you describe.

I'd suggest checking out the fan, and replacing it if necessary.


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