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Dieinpeace

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the last couple of days while i have been playing TF2 my system beep will start going off. now sometimes it only keeps going off for a short time. but other times it will just stay on until i quit the game. It weird because the beep seems to be tied towards TF2. I am in the process of testing this with other games. I have no idea what is causing the beep. Its not heat or temp related. As i have check all the temps i can think of while the beeping is going off and they are all in acceptable ranges between 30-60.. But i am thinking it is a power supply issue i am having. but i am not sure. it could be a graphics card issue as well maybe. But i just really dont know. which is why i am posting here. hoping that maybe someone else has an idea. I dont remeber how to check what kindof power supply i have so if someone could me out thier as well. Thanks


here are my specs

Mainboard : Gigabyte P35-DS3L
Chipset : Intel P31/P35
Processor : Intel Pentium 4 530J @ 3000 MHz
Physical Memory : 4096 MB (4 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM )
Video Card : Nvidia Corp NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Hard Disk : WDC (250 GB)
Hard Disk : WDC (40 GB)
Hard Disk : Seagate (500 GB)
DVD-Rom Drive : ATAPI DVD D DH16D2P
CD-Rom Drive : HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8483B
DVD-Rom Drive : VE7903C REA817L SCSI CdRom Device
Monitor Type : Dell Computer DELL E173FP - 17 inches
Network Card : Realtek Semiconductor RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2
DirectX : Version 9.0c (May 2008)
 
is there a pattern to the beeps? do they ONLY happen during the game, or do you hear them at other times as well? do you notice any performance difference?
 
Perhaps it has something to do with your keyboard? Does it happen most often when you're holding keys down? It might be something low level (ie, bios level) that is upset that you are pressing too many keys/holding them down to long. Sometimes you can have that issue during boot when the BIOS has control of the keyboard.

If it isn't doing anything to slow your system down, etc, you might just unplug your speaker inside the case, if you can.
 
thiers no system performance decrease. not a keyboard issue becuase it still stays on consistently while i am press no buttons. Thiers no patterns its just a consitent beep when i am in game. I just updated my drivers thinking that may be the cuase of the problem.


ok so i tested my rig with COD4 and found that i guess my gfx card is getting to hot. So any suggestion on how to cool down my graphics card more would be great. I alredy have all my fan spots filled on my tower thier are 4 Fans plus the 1 cpu and 1 on the graphics card its self.
 
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More important than the number of fans is how they are arranged. Remember that you're trying to flow cool air into the case and warm air out of the case. Warm air rises, and cool air falls.

Typically you will have a power supply fan you can't modify that is blowing outward at the top of the case. Try to flow cold air into the case at the bottom, say at the front. If your graphics card is particularly hot, you may want to flow warm air out at the bottom rear of the case, or perhaps just above the card, if the top tends to get hot.

Check your hard drives, you may need to flow air over them as well. It is probably a good idea to keep the number of fans blowing in equal to the number of fans blowing out (assuming they all flow air at the same rate).

Also, make sure you're not blocking airflow through the case with IDE cables or a large graphics card. If that's the case, you might need to set up multiple air flows through the case (try opening the lower PCI slots on your case and moving a fan there, or adding a HDD cooler etc)

Another thing to think about - is there any of the stuff in your case you can get rid of? Do you need both optical drives? Can you drop one of the smaller hard drives? All of that restricts airflow and adds heat. You may want to stop overclocking or consider underclocking if you're still having trouble. Your performance is probably hurt more by the heat than what you'd be gaining with a few extra Mhz.

Also, is your computer out in the open or is the airflow restricted by something? ie, is it in a cabinet? Is there adequate space to the front and back for air to flow? This can also make a huge difference.

That's just what comes to mind off the top of my head, you may be able to find other resources online that help. My rig is a 8800GT and three drives, dual core AMD, and I've got just two fans in the case and everything runs pretty cool.
 
Does the beeping correlate to mouse movement? i.e. you move mouse and hear the noise.

Also, are you sure Accessibility Options such as StickyKeys are disabled?
 
Well agent my idle temp on my stuff is about 47 for CPU and the graphics card idles at around 45 or so. The biggest problem with it over heating is the quick and massive increase of heat on the card when i load up any game. The second i load the game it pretty much jumps straight up to 52 right away. It then increase at a decent speed from thier to 60. when the beep starts to happen. I think i have my air flow set well my two lowest fans in the front are blowing inward. MY two upper ones on the back side of the case are blowing out. So i dont think i can fix my fans up any better. I could do as you suggested and remove my smaller harddrive. But it has all my windows configure and junk on it so i dont want to through that hassle just in hopes on increasing airflow. I do have alot cables in my case, but i have them tied off so they are not getting in the way of airflow as much. I will check my stickeykeys but my beep is related to my graphics card hiting 60 degrees. so i doubt that is the issue.


P.S. i turned my computer off the first time in probly about 2 months a few days ago to let it cool down some. It seems to run a bit cooler now. But who knows the temp in my house has been a bit cooler latly as well due to the weather outside. But thanks for the suggestions guys.
 
Yikes. that is pretty hot. Is your graphics card taking up a lot of room in the case? It could be blocking your airflow. You are relying on a lot of air being able to go from the bottom of the case to the top.

Other than that... I don't know what to tell you, it is hard to diagnose this sort of thing without being able to sit in front of the machine.
 
Hmm, is it a beep or a high pitched squeal? And are you hearing this through your speakers?
 
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