thepurplesmurf Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Hello, I just bought a new vid card : Nvidia BFG 7800 GS OC(AGP), a new processor: AMD Athlon 64 FX-57, and another gig of ram(2gigs all together now). I installed them both with absolutely no problems. About 4 days later my computer started beeping. It just beeps at random times in random rythms and random lengths. Sometimes it'll go on for minutes at a time, sometimes it has an irregular beep, sometimes it beeps a little and waits and beeps alot...etc. I do however notice, sometimes when i play games like call of duty it happens alot. Although, then other times, it doesn't. I haven't been able to exactly pin down what causes it. I checked the temp of my cpu which is always in the 25-39 C range. Also, my cpu fan is running at 2800 rpm. However, it says system fan is 0 rpm.. I'm not totally sure why.. but i think it has always been like that. I also opened my case and checked all the plugs to make sure they were all fully connected. I was just wondering if you guys have any ideas on what to do to fix this annoying beeping. Please help! Thank you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 (edited) If I was to guess, I would say your video card is the culprit. If you have your old video card, I would run that for a while. See if that clears things up. It would be a good idea to run memtest86 also. Edited January 24, 2007 by shanenin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thepurplesmurf Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 (edited) do you think my vid card is defective? or is it just not compatible..or what? Edited January 24, 2007 by thepurplesmurf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 (edited) I am not certain(defective or conflicting). Of all of the things you mentioned, the video card just seemed like the most likely cause. It would seem unlikely that the proc or memory would account for that problem. This is just a hunch, but that seems to be the way I diagnose most stuff.I have worked on a computer in the past that was beeping irregularly. I took it apart, including removing the motherboard, put it back together, it has worked fine ever since. Edited January 24, 2007 by shanenin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thepurplesmurf Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 so your advice is to send it back for a replacement to see if that fixes the problem? I know this is gonna be a wierd question.. but... is there some easy way for me to remove the speaker on the motherboard so that even if the new vid card doesn't do the trick.. i can stop the annoying beeping? It's not safe i know, but i don't really care anymore. Im pretty pee-o'd as it is.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 That is why I asked if you had your old video card(or onboard video), so you could use it for a few days to see if that alleviates your problem. It is not really fair to send back a good card as bad without really knowing. It would be a good idea to reseat(pull out and put back in) all of your cards and ram.As to the speaker, it may just unplug, but some are soldered directly to the motherboard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thepurplesmurf Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 ya, i'll try that. my speaker, at least what i think is my speaker, is screwed on to my motherboard.. or at least the cover of the speaker is screwed on... so idk if i can take that off and maybe snip a wire or something... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 normaly continous bleeping is video driversor incompatable ram look go to device manager click your display adaptorright click your video card and take the option uninstall the display driver then reboot you comptif you have the driver cd use that but wondows will find all drivers but your dial up modem driveronce youve booted your compt watch in the sys trayfor a hardware notice let the sys configure and it will tel you when it is ready to usemarty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garmanma Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 (edited) normaly continous bleeping is video driversor incompatable ram look go to device manager click your display adaptorright click your video card and take the option uninstall the display driver then reboot you comptif you have the driver cd use that but wondows will find all drivers but your dial up modem driveronce youve booted your compt watch in the sys trayfor a hardware notice let the sys configure and it will tel you when it is ready to usemartyWhen you're in Device Manager, expand the tree and see if there are any red or yellow X's or exclamation points, that would detect a problem. Also what make is your motherboard?Mark Edited January 24, 2007 by garmanma Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thepurplesmurf Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 no warnings or errors in device manager.my motherboard is a gigabyte k8nsc-939. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garmanma Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 (edited) I'm still looking at a few things. Have you tried restoring the BIOS to default?Mark Edited January 24, 2007 by garmanma Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garmanma Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 I suggest you not to disconnect the speaker. You have a problem somewhere. It might just be annoying at the moment, but it will eventually get worse. You changed 3 things. Did you run Memtest86 as suggested? When you replaced your processor did you use heatsink compound?. BFG is pretty good with their supportMarkBFG supportAMD forums Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garmanma Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 About the memory you installed. You said you installed a Gig so I assume it was 2 sticks of 512 DDR2 dual channel. Was it the same brand as what you already have?Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thepurplesmurf Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 no i didn't do memtest cuz i dont' know how to use it...also, i just uninstalled drivers, reseated my vid card, reinstalled drivers(which took me 30 minutes cuz it kept freezing), and now im downloading the newest drivers.. as of now, no beeping is occuring. however, it could start in a few days like it did the first time... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 (edited) hi here is a graph of your post beepsread the infoand you can see the reasons for many post beeps and it tells you the reasons for those beepsgood luck it would be a good idea to check your ramif you have freezingmartyhttp://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000607.htm Edited January 24, 2007 by martymas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thepurplesmurf Posted January 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 well its been awhile now and no beeping. Thanks a bunch guys. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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