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Why is my pc making a beeping sound?
Starting today, my pc has been making a beeping sound about every 5 minutes give or take. Right now it is working perfectly fine except for that annoying beeping sound. I am beginning to worry that something might be wrong with my pc. I unplug the keyboard, mouse, and speakers to see if the beeping would stop, but no use. My Dell Dimension 9100 still beeped every 5 minutes. Also when my pc was in hibernation mode, the beeping still continued. This is the first time that my pc has ever done this. There has got to be a simple solution to make the beeping stop. I also scanned my pc using norton and its clean.
Dell Dimension 9100
160 gb
3 ghz
pentium 4 hyperthreading
512 mb of ram
ati radeonx300se 128 hypermemory
cougar534
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August 26th, 2005 20:00
cougar534
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August 27th, 2005 03:00
vmansd
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August 27th, 2005 03:00
Hibernation is the PC turning completely off, after it's stored a copy of its current memory content to disk. When you heard it again in the morning, it may have been woken up by LAN activity from the DSL. Check in the BIOS setup if you Wake on Lan active. You probably should turn that off.
Ethernet card overheating is not an issue. It would have to get so hot it fried its circuits before it would get hot enough to set off any system alarms.
You need a tech familiar with the system/motherboard who can definitely identify what the 5-minute beep means.
Val
vmansd
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August 27th, 2005 03:00
Did the beeping continue all the time the PC was hibernating? For that matter, are you sure it went into hibernation?
Just a WAG here, but it might be an overheat warning - your system is getting too hot, but not yet hot enough to shut down? Check that all vents are clear of dust or other obstructions, open it up and check that fans are clean, no dust bunnies accumulating anywhere, and that CPU heatsink is still properly attached and clear of dust. Are all the fans running?
Val
CRSang
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August 27th, 2005 14:00