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PC sound like an ambulance. Beep be
Name: phillipst001 Date: February 7, 2004 at 17:41:26 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: xp1900/512
Comment:
My computer makes a beeping sound like an ambulance. Its a low beep high beep low beep high beep sound there very short. Last thing I did was resetting the cmos jumper. The pc still comes on and runs fine. The sound comes though all my speakers. it is a real nuisance. I had taken all my other components out and put them back in. my mother board is an Abit. Any help would be great.
Name: RockyBalboa Date: February 7, 2004 at 18:45:35 Pacific
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Virus! i had one that did this do a virus scan now!
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Response Number 2
Name: najitech Date: February 7, 2004 at 19:36:21 Pacific
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I have an AOpen mobo with a P4, 2.6 GB (800 FSB) CPU. When I first build this PC, I heard the same kind of "ambulance" beeping. In my case, it was the mobo's high temperature warning going off. Turns out there is a flaw in the board's sensor system, and AOpen recommends disabling "CPU warning temp" in the BIOS.
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Response Number 3
Name: darkfriend Date: February 8, 2004 at 18:09:40 Pacific
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It's not a tumor. Ambulance is usually caused by faulty CPU fan, improperly seated CPU heatsink. Or not plugged in right fan on mobo.
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