Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: PC speaker beeping on high CPU loads on an nForce2 | From | Ivan Yosifov <> | Date | Sun, 27 Nov 2005 16:34:26 +0200 |
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On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 01:11 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 26 November 2005 22:23, Martin Drab wrote: > >Hi, > > > >on an nForce2 system (GigaByte 7NNXP) when the CPU is under heavy load > >(like during kernel compilation for instance, or any compilation of any > >bigger project, for that matter), I hear some beeps comming out of the > > PC speaker. It's like few short beeps per second for a while, then > > silence for few seconds, then a beep here and there, and again, and so > > on. It is quite strange. It happens ever since I remember (I mean in > > kernel versions of course, I have the board for about 1.5 years). I've > > just been kind of ignoring it until now. Does anybody else happen to > > see the same symptoms? What could be the cause of this. Is it > > something about timing? But how come the PC speaker gets kiced in, > > while it's not being used at all (well, at least not intentionally) > > for anything. Perhaps something is writing some ports it is not > > supposed to? > > > >Martin > > Usually, thats a sign of cpu overheating. At 18 months, if the cpu > fan/heat sink hasn't been blown out by an air hose, its so packed full > of dust bunnies that no amount of rpms can force any air thru the cpu's > heat > sink fins.
Gee ! The timeframe is just 3 months here... :-/
> > If its been doing it for a while, I expect the grease between the > bottom of the heat sink and the top pf the cpu has also dried out and > is no longer as effective at moving the heat from the cpu into the > heat sink itself. So its probably a good idea to do a shut down, > remove the heat sink/fan combo, clean it all up and put a dab of new > grease under the heat sink before ytou clip it back on. I'm partial > to a fancy bit of stuff called artic silver, which when fresh, is > pretty darned good at moving the heat. > > If you aren't comfortable doing all that, find someone who is. >
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