The 'english siren' is not a mechanical sound.  It's an alarm.  I was hoping
someone would know the significance of that particular alarm.  As John
Sproule said, it sounds like an overheating alarm, however, after replacing
the CPU and MB I'm still getting the alarm and only 2 to 3 seconds into the
bootup.

Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Mayer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Dead PC - English siren


> Sounds like some bearings are giving out. Probably a cooling fan or even a
> hard drive. Based on your final description, I would first suspect the
> power
> supply.
>
> Tom Mayer
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul E. Mason" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 3:00 PM
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Dead PC - English siren
>
>
> My wife's PC died last night.  It went dead and emitted an "english siren"
> type of warning and continued until the power button was pressed for a few
> seconds (the hard 'off' command).
>
> I looked at it today.  Replaced the CPU, no change.  Replaced the MB, no
> change.  (both were PROBABLY good).
>
> Final symptoms on power-up were: Fans on, two to three second warmup, then
> fans off and siren.
>
> Accepting any and all imput.
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> Paul E. Mason
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