Well, in the movies (during the short period I spent in the UK, I don't
remember ever hearing one myself), the English (maybe better defined as
European) police have a two-tone, two-beat siren.  In the US, our sirens are
a continuous 'wail' with an increasing and decreasing pitch.  It's the best
description I can give...no offense intended, if taken :-)

Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Basil Adzil" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Dead PC - English siren


> 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?
>>
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