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Re: What's wrong with my PC?
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Mon, 4 Sep 2000 10:00:32 GMT
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Actually you already quite guessed the problem. It is overheating CPU or
MB alarm. P2B motherboards have visual (flashing power led) and audio
alarms for that (beeps that you heard).
Either your CPU fan is gone, or your temperature alarm limit is too low
(may be because of trashed BIOS/CMOS settings). I suggest, checking CPU
fan is OK and checking CMOS settings about overheating protection.
Selçuk
"Fredrik Glöckner" wrote:
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> I have an ASUS P2B based computer in an ATX box. This is the kind
> with auto-power off.
>
> Recently there was a temporarily power cut in my aparatement. The PC
> was turned off at the time. The first time I tried to start it up
> afterwards, it was completely dead. No sign of life whatsoever. So I
> tried to purchase a new power supply unit, thinking the old one was
> probably faulty.
>
> With the new PSU, the PC booted up just fine and normal, however after
> a few minutes the screen started flickering, the "on"-light flashed
> irregularly and there were some light clicking/nibbling sounds from
> the computer. The sounds were not from the PSU, probably from the
> motherboard or perhaps the CPU fan. This looked pretty bad, so I
> quickly turned off the computer.
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> Trying to restart it again failed -- the "on"-light flashed and there
> were the clicking sounds again and the CPU fan spun irregularly.
> Trying to let it cool down for 15 minutes and then start it up again
> succeded, but I didn't dare to have it going more than some seconds.
>
> Thinking that it was probably some component which had failed or
> shortcut, I tried to pull out every card, leaving only the CPU, RAM
> and keyboard connected. I also disconnected the hard drive and
> floppy. Still the same thing happened when I turned on the computer.
>
> Do anybody have some similar experience? What do you think may be
> wrong with the PC?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Fredrik
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| (...) I didn't hear any beep, it was more like barely audible clicking sounds. Also, the flashing power led was very irregular, so I wouldn't think it was a warning signal. It appeared more like it was coused by a shortcut or failed power supply. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | Re: What's wrong with my PC?
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| (...) I checked with my BIOS, and there does not appear to be any temperature alarm limit setting. This is the Asus P2B mainboard with a fairly recent BIOS upgrade. I also reset the BIOS settings to default, but this did not help. Anyway, thanks for (...) (24 years ago, 4-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| I have an ASUS P2B based computer in an ATX box. This is the kind with auto-power off. Recently there was a temporarily power cut in my aparatement. The PC was turned off at the time. The first time I tried to start it up afterwards, it was (...) (24 years ago, 2-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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