I am having a problem with booting my PC. It has been working fine, and I did not try to clock or modify the computer recently in any way. Lately, it will reboot automatically like once every two days out of no where. Today I was using it and it rebooted, then during the boot, I received a blue screen (Windows 2000). I didn't pay many attention to it and just rebooted computer again. Now when I turn on the computer, there is no bootup BEEP. Everything sounds like it is running fine though. When I turn the computer off though, ONE of the two hard drives makes a BEEP (when the comp power is turned off). If I unplug that hard drive and boot up the computer, it sounds like it is loading the other HDD (but there is no bootup beep nor does the monitor turn on. When I turn it off, there is no beep. So I know the BEEP sound when turning off the computer is coming from my 30gig hard drive and not the 40gig hdd. I have no clue what the problem is. I don't see any reason why my hard drive could possibly die on me. Would it even be making that BEEP noise when I turn the comp off if it was dead? Now that I think of it, I lied. I did (earlier) in the day apply some more artic silver to my CPU. But I don't think that is the problem. I have done that a million times and it had been working fine after I did that again today. Any help would be appreciated.

Too much Thermal paste is not good. I think maybe you have too much? Clean it all off and reapply it properly(thinly). There are instructions on how to do this at arcticsilver's website. http://www.arcticsilver.com/instructions.htm Tt Lanfire nf7-s v2.0 XP-m 2500@211x11 SP 97 512mb pc3200 Jou Jye 550w psu FX5600 WDCaviar 160gb sata ;~}

ps Post back if you still have problems Tt Lanfire nf7-s v2.0 XP-m 2500@211x11 SP 97 512mb pc3200 Jou Jye 550w psu FX5600 WDCaviar 160gb sata ;~}

Thermal paste doesn't seem to be the problem...my old roomate tried to help me but thinks it is a CPU problem...he feels the CPU has fried...he told me that the CPU is one of the first components that receive power and if there is nothing responding, then I won't hear the bootup beep...I didn't kill (apply a lot) it with thermal paste the first time either...just the same amount as I always do...I want to keep trying, but afraid I will fry the botherboard as well... there IS a little white mark on the top of my CPU...last night was the first time I had ever noticed it...I am wondering if it is a crack or anything...the location of that white mark is where pressure is applied to lock the fan down...I am beginning to think that I may have scratched or cracked (albeit small) a part of the CPU... I will be heading out today to buy another CPU and hopefully it will work... thanks -Chaintech 7NIF2 MB -GeForce Ti4200 -Soundblaster Audigy 2 Plat -Corsair 512mb 256x2 XMS 3200 400FSB -30 gig hard drive -40 gig hard drive -400watt PSU -DVD ROM, CD/R/RW

I think your hard drive may be dead, if it makes the beep and does not read....most likely either one of the heads or readers in the hard drive is either damaged or distroyed...the best way to test this is unplug your good harddrive and make your probleam har drive the primary....if it won't load or show any information...then it's dead, if you can read from it then theres an underlying probleam...that of wich I have no clue how to solve.....I hope everything works out for ya...good luck WeLcOmE To ThE HeLL I CaLL My LiFe

The hard drive that beeps is already the primary hard drive. It is the primary and has the OS on it. As of right now, I don't really have a way of testing the hard drive. Even then though, shouldn't the computer make a startup beep regardless of whether the hard drive is attached or not? Usually when you attach a new hard drive, you receive on screen information maybe saying that the hard drive needs to be formatted or that no hard drive is present. When I say that I don't see anything on screen, I mean the monitor does not even turn on. I don't even receive the BIOS screen at any point. So it doesn't seem that anything is being read. The part that confuses me is why one of my hard drives beeps when I shut everything off. I will try this new processor and fan when it comes hopefully tommorow or wednesday. My old roomate feels that the processor may be the problem and that the white scratch or crack on it could be the cause of the problem. -Chaintech 7NIF2 MB -GeForce Ti4200 -Soundblaster Audigy 2 Plat -Corsair 512mb 256x2 XMS 3200 400FSB -30 gig hard drive -40 gig hard drive -400watt PSU -DVD ROM, CD/R/RW

Are you sure it is your HD that makes the beep? Remove all your pci cards etc so that you only have the bare minimum,mobo graphics hd. See what happens then Tt Lanfire nf7-s v2.0 XP-m 2500@211x11 SP 97 512mb pc3200 Jou Jye 550w psu FX5600 WDCaviar 160gb sata ;~}