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High Low Beeping (CPU problem?)

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Name: Btcc22
Date: October 18, 2005 at 07:10:19 Pacific
Subject: High Low Beeping (CPU problem?)
OS: Win XP Pro
CPU/Ram: Athlon XP 3000/1GB PC2700

Comment:

Hi,
I recently damaged my CPU when following poor intructions for a heatsink. One of the resistors on it became damaged.
I purchased an identical resistor (the ones used by AMD in the first place) and had a specialist repair it.
However, when I turn on the machine it still comes on for about a second or two, then turns off.
I only just noticed my case has an inbuilt speaker and upon plugging it in I found it makes a high-low beeping tone (contantly) which starts immediately when the PC switches itself off.
I looked up the beep and it seems to occur when a CPU overheating problem occurs (the resistor is apparently there for heat flow purposes).
The motherboard is an MSI KT4V. I'm not sure what to do about this? I heard some motherboards can boot to BIOS with no CPU and allow these problems to be ignored if you choose them to (so the PC will still run rather than turn off). I'm not sure if this is true.
Does anyone have any advice?
Thanks.

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Response Number 1

Name: Quicksilver
Date: October 18, 2005 at 11:30:03 Pacific
Subject: High Low Beeping (CPU problem?)

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"I recently damaged my CPU when following poor intructions for a heatsink. One of the resistors on it became damaged.
I purchased an identical resistor (the ones used by AMD in the first place) and had a specialist repair it."
To be honest I have never met anyone who can "repair" a CPU by replacing a resistor.
You only have to see how a CPU is made to realise why I would find such a repair questionable to say the least.
There are some very,very specialist boards that can open to bios, not usually for the public retail market. Yours, of course, can't.
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
WinXP Pro. WinXP Pro x64
Nvidia:6800GT
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Tagan 480Watt PSU: 28Amps on +12volt rail.
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Response Number 2

Name: GX1 Man
Date: October 23, 2005 at 12:30:58 Pacific
Subject: High Low Beeping (CPU problem?)

Reply: (edit)

Buy a new CPU. You cooked that one totally.
What did you pay for this "resistor" that can cure a damaged AMD chip?
You can avoid many of these Windows problems with Linux. Linspire eases the transition for new users

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Response Number 3

Name: Btcc22
Date: October 23, 2005 at 18:24:42 Pacific
Subject: High Low Beeping (CPU problem?)

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Didn't pay anything and I know it was done properly. The resistor was completely smashed and was replaced properly.

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Response Number 4

Name: GX1 Man
Date: October 23, 2005 at 18:32:03 Pacific
Subject: High Low Beeping (CPU problem?)

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Whatever. And how's that working for you?
You can avoid many of these Windows problems with Linux. Linspire eases the transition for new users

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Response Number 5

Name: doc hollidazed
Date: October 28, 2005 at 12:02:26 Pacific
Subject: High Low Beeping (CPU problem?)

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I have a KT4V also, and am having the same problem with the high/low tones. My temp is never higher than 55C even with a heavy load. The shutdown is very inconsistant. Sometimes it works fine, sometimes it doesn't. This all started happening when my PSU went dead and the new one I bought arced when installed. The new new PSU works fine but now I get the tones...did you ever resolve this problem?

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