Odd, non-post beeping

[edges]

I'm getting this strange, apparently random short beep from the syste
speaker every so often (about once a day). It kind of sounds like
posting beep of some sort, except it's not during post, just durin
normal operation

KM4M-V mobo with Sempron 2600+ chip, running Win2k. Temps all seem t
be acceptable. Nice and clean, not dusty etc

 

[edges]

I have a sound system with subwoofer, incidentally, but ... I've bee
using the headphones lately and the whole speaker system has bee
unplugged from power and computer for weeks now.

Could it be something wrong with the psu? I don't have a spare to tes
right now

 

[Pepper von Evil]

I'm getting this strange, apparently random short beep from the system
speaker every so often (about once a day). It kind of sounds like a
posting beep of some sort, except it's not during post, just during
normal operation.

KM4M-V mobo with Sempron 2600+ chip, running Win2k. Temps all seem to
be acceptable. Nice and clean, not dusty etc.

Oddly enough my laptop has also started a similar beep over the last two
weeks... Strange.

Pepper

 

[jaster]

I'm getting this strange, apparently random short beep from the system
speaker every so often (about once a day). It kind of sounds like a
posting beep of some sort, except it's not during post, just during normal
operation.

KM4M-V mobo with Sempron 2600+ chip, running Win2k. Temps all seem to be
acceptable. Nice and clean, not dusty etc.

Any system messages ? 2 different machines could be viral ?

 

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jasterwrote

Any system messages ? 2 different machines could be viral

No ... nothing at all as far as error msgs, or anything else unusual
Everything is running fine. A virus? It would have to be reall
really stealthy ... it may have slipped past the shield and scans
but I doubt it would get past HijackThis which runs every time it i
booted up and hasn't indicated any changes to the registry o
anything else. Nothing funny in the startup items, no odd processe
evident using a variety of process explorers.

I'm convinced it has something to do with the psu. I think the fa
bearing might be going on it ... it seems a little louder, but it
clean as a whistle and less than a year old. So maybe it i
overheating? Although, it is only a little warm to the touch
certainly not hot. Too bad I don't have a sensor in there

Odd thing ... it is about 2 weeks ago I noticed this, as well. It doe
sound like a virus but like I say it would have to be one reall
stealthy virus - why would it be so stealthy, and then give itsel
away with a beep from the system speaker which would rouse th
suspicion of just about anyone

 

[Dreamstalker]

Oddly enough my laptop has also started a similar beep over the last two
weeks... Strange.

A RAM issue, maybe? That's the only thing I can think of that would
cause that.

 

[Tom]

I'm getting this strange, apparently random short beep from the system
speaker every so often (about once a day). It kind of sounds like a
posting beep of some sort, except it's not during post, just during
normal operation.

KM4M-V mobo with Sempron 2600+ chip, running Win2k. Temps all seem to
be acceptable. Nice and clean, not dusty etc.

I had that, and it was the keyboard. Keyboard was a Genius one.
Consigned to the old computer upstairs now where it doesn't do it.

Tom

 

[Tom]

No ... nothing at all as far as error msgs, or anything else unusual.
Everything is running fine. A virus? It would have to be really
really stealthy ... it may have slipped past the shield and scans,
but I doubt it would get past HijackThis which runs every time it is
booted up and hasn't indicated any changes to the registry or
anything else. Nothing funny in the startup items, no odd processes
evident using a variety of process explorers.

I'm convinced it has something to do with the psu. I think the fan
bearing might be going on it ... it seems a little louder, but its
clean as a whistle and less than a year old. So maybe it is
overheating? Although, it is only a little warm to the touch,
certainly not hot. Too bad I don't have a sensor in there.

Odd thing ... it is about 2 weeks ago I noticed this, as well. It does
sound like a virus but like I say it would have to be one really
stealthy virus - why would it be so stealthy, and then give itself
away with a beep from the system speaker which would rouse the
suspicion of just about anyone?

Do swap out the keyboard before you do anything drastic or expensive.

Tom

 

[edges]

Keyboard has already been switched out ... not by design, really, bu
the battery died on the wireless keyboard since the problem began
It's still beeping, on occasion

There shouldn't be any problem with the RAM, either. It conform
exactly to specs (non-ECC, unbuffered, etc) and performs just fine

 

[spodosaurus]

Oddly enough my laptop has also started a similar beep over the last two
weeks... Strange.

Pepper

Which virus scanner are you using?


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[jaster]

No ... nothing at all as far as error msgs, or anything else unusual.
Everything is running fine. A virus? It would have to be really really
stealthy ... it may have slipped past the shield and scans, but I doubt it
would get past HijackThis which runs every time it is booted up and hasn't
indicated any changes to the registry or anything else. Nothing funny in
the startup items, no odd processes evident using a variety of process
explorers.

Google Everest Home edition it has sensors and is free to download.

I'm convinced it has something to do with the psu. I think the fan bearing
might be going on it ... it seems a little louder, but its clean as a
whistle and less than a year old. So maybe it is overheating? Although, it
is only a little warm to the touch, certainly not hot. Too bad I don't
have a sensor in there.

Yes could be a psu, memory problem, virus, worm or loose hardware.

Odd thing ... it is about 2 weeks ago I noticed this, as well. It does
sound like a virus but like I say it would have to be one really stealthy
virus - why would it be so stealthy, and then give itself away with a beep
from the system speaker which would rouse the suspicion of just about
anyone?

You said the beeps recently started on your laptop as well. So if you
haven't turned on any audibles for like new mail or something and both PC
and laptop have the same symptoms you have to look for common items.

HijackThis is good but you'd be looking for something to have changed 2
weeks ago or a single system event log entry around the time of the beep.
One thing you could do is log the beep times and what you were doing when
the beep occured by machine to see its something you're doing or if the
beeps go when you're not using the PC like the beep from a UPS or surge
protector.

 

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jasterwrote

Google Everest Home edition it has sensors and is free to download

Got that ... been using it for a long time now (and AIDA32 befor
that, its earlier incarnation).

Yes could be a psu, memory problem, virus, worm or loose hardware.

Well, I think I've eliminated everything but the memory and the psu
There's nothing apparently odd about any of the memory's behaviour
but the psu is acting a little strange. I'm pretty certain th
bearing on the psu fan is going

You said the beeps recently started on your laptop as well. So i

you haven't turned on any audibles for like new mail or something an
both PC and laptop have the same symptoms you have to look for commo
items.

No, that was somebody else. I don't have a laptop

One thing you could do is log the beep times and what you were doin whe
the beep occured by machine to see its something you're doing or i th
beeps go when you're not using the PC like the beep from a UPS o surg
protector

At least a couple of times its gone off when I'm not actually at th
computer ... so it doesn't seem that it could be anything I'm doing
It is probably not a bad idea to log the times, though, and check i
against the event log

 

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spodosauruswrote

Which virus scanner are you using

Just AVG ... but I've also had HijackThis running at boot on thi
machine since long before this problem. There haven't been an
changes to the system for quite some time now ... no program
installed, no registry changes, nothing

 

[Pepper von Evil]

Which virus scanner are you using?

AVG free.... it's up to date, and I ran a full system scan last night,
nothing was found. I'm also using PestPatrol for spyware.

 

[JAD]

You hooked up to a UPS?

 

[spodosaurus]

AVG free.... it's up to date, and I ran a full system scan last night,
nothing was found. I'm also using PestPatrol for spyware.

My laptop beeps if I don't log on right away after powering it up
because of a recent update to AVG Free. It tries to auto-update before
the user logs on a little bit after power up. When it completes the
update, it does a motherboard type beep. It does not do this if you're
logged in and it tries to update. this could be your culprit.

Cheers,

Ari


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spammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply

I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my
neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in
hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone
marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow
transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor:
http://www.abmdr.org.au/
http://www.marrow.org/

 

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JADwrote
You hooked up to a UPS

No. Just a regular surge protector

 

[Pepper von Evil]

My laptop beeps if I don't log on right away after powering it up because
of a recent update to AVG Free. It tries to auto-update before the user
logs on a little bit after power up. When it completes the update, it does
a motherboard type beep. It does not do this if you're logged in and it
tries to update. this could be your culprit.

Cheers,

Ari

Don't think it's that, I have a cable modem that's running all the time
(usually). And when I start up and it wants to do updates it hasn't had any
problems. It tends to beep (it's more of a "blonk" than a beep) when I'm
doing more mundane tasks like browsing the web and checking email/reading
newsgroups, writing papers, etc.. so the system has been on a little while.
I'm wondering if it could be a heat issue but I haven't had much luck in
finding a program that will report the temps (it's a presario 2100series)
I've tried Everest, and I've looked in the BIOS (which seems to be really
idiot proof with all the options they give... I think about all I can change
is the date and time ). Everest did look at the HD though and it said that
it's checked out ok temp wise. I might just be due for a reinstall of
windows (yay!) Do you know of any other software I can try to see how hot
the machine is running?

Pepper

 

[spodosaurus]

Don't think it's that, I have a cable modem that's running all the time
(usually). And when I start up and it wants to do updates it hasn't had any
problems.

Same here, via wireless, and it updates before the logon with the latest
AVG Free build.

It tends to beep (it's more of a "blonk" than a beep) when I'm
doing more mundane tasks like browsing the web and checking email/reading
newsgroups, writing papers, etc.. so the system has been on a little while.

Ahh okay.

I'm wondering if it could be a heat issue but I haven't had much luck in
finding a program that will report the temps (it's a presario 2100series)
I've tried Everest, and I've looked in the BIOS (which seems to be really
idiot proof with all the options they give... I think about all I can change
is the date and time ).

Have you rebooted after a beep/blonk and looked at the temps reported in
the BIOS (sorry, I haven't read this entire thread).

Everest did look at the HD though and it said that
it's checked out ok temp wise. I might just be due for a reinstall of
windows (yay!) Do you know of any other software I can try to see how hot
the machine is running?

Motherboard Monitor (MBM)

Pepper

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spammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply

I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my
neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in
hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone
marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow
transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor:
http://www.abmdr.org.au/
http://www.marrow.org/

 

[edges]

Pepper von Evilwrote
It tends to beep (it's more of a "blonk" than a beep) when I'm

doing more mundane tasks like browsing the web and checkin email/reading
newsgroups, writing papers, etc.. so the system has been on little while.
I'm wondering if it could be a heat issue but I haven't had muc luck in
finding a program that will report the temps (it's a presari 2100series)
I've tried Everest, and I've looked in the BIOS (which seems to b really
idiot proof with all the options they give... I think about all can change
is the date and time ).

Well, there is then at least one difference with our problems. Mine i
a definite beep, not a blonk. Sounds very much like the happy littl
beep you get after its posted succesfully

I've also checked the temps ... nothing unusual reported. Not *great
temps ... chip runs at about 46c normally, 52 under really heav
usage. But that's nothing outrageous, and my BIOS temperatur
warnings/shutdown settings were actually disabled (not anymore) so i
isn't that

Otherwise sounds very similar ... although mine's gone off when I'
not actually at the computer

Checked all the connections, multiple virus and spyware scans using
variety of software now, ran HijackThis, ran a rootkit revealer
nothing came up.

Bad memory? Mobo problem? Psu problem? Dunno ... but I am leanin
toward the psu, because it's the only thing behaving strangely. I ha
further confirmation of my suspicion the psu fan bearing is going o
defective today, on a cold boot it sounded like a chainsaw, turned i
off and stopped the cpu fan to make sure it was the psu making th
noise, it was, let it run for a bit and the noise disappeared. So i
could be the psu overheating. There's no sensor in there and it'
only mildly warm to the touch, but, maybe it is still possibly that
Going to get a new psu soon, we'll see (it has to be replaced anywa
owing to that fan, which will give sooner or later)

The maddening thing is there's no way to recreate the problem, so it'
impossible to know if it's gone or not. I reseated all the cards an
RAM and IDE cables, again, and I haven't heard it for about 36 hour
now, but who knows if it's really gone or not? It's gone 36 hour
between beeps before