Gerry Posted January 8, 2010 Posted January 8, 2010 I have a PC that beeps like a nutter (not in a discernable pattern) during startup and then stops when you log-in. If you shutdown, beeping resumes until it turns off. I unplugged keyboard and mouse - didn't stop. Got me scratching my head... I know I could unplug speaker, but it wasn't doing this before Xmas.
Mcshammer_dj Posted January 8, 2010 Posted January 8, 2010 some power supplies will beep during heavy load! 1
RichB Posted January 8, 2010 Posted January 8, 2010 could be an overloaded power supply , had an HP a while back with a really quite beeping during start up tried everything and changed the bios battery and it stopped! Odd one tho 1
Gerry Posted January 8, 2010 Author Posted January 8, 2010 Hmm, check PSU then. Funny why it stops when I log-in. It shouldn't be under a heavy load either as it's just a bog-standard PC - same as the other 14 PC's in the room....
Michael Posted January 8, 2010 Posted January 8, 2010 Try resetting the BIOS to defaults and check the CPU temp and fan speed whilst you're in there. Does seem a little odd though I must admit. 1
pwds Posted January 9, 2010 Posted January 9, 2010 (edited) As it doesn't seem to be a discernible pattern try replacing the keyboard- maybe one of the keys is a bit stuck and the process of logging in releases it. Edit: Just spotted you've already done this, apologies for not reading correctly in the first place. Edited January 10, 2010 by pwds
Haptic Posted January 9, 2010 Posted January 9, 2010 is this a Acer M series by anychance as my friends did the same in the end it was faulty MB;)
Gerry Posted January 11, 2010 Author Posted January 11, 2010 is this a Acer M series by anychance as my friends did the same in the end it was faulty MB;) Nope. It's just a generic Intel D945 mobo-based unit from Stone.
Haptic Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 Nope. It's just a generic Intel D945 mobo-based unit from Stone. D945 GCNL ? these are very problematic boards
Gerry Posted January 11, 2010 Author Posted January 11, 2010 GCZ I believe. Generally no trouble at all for us...
Gerry Posted January 15, 2010 Author Posted January 15, 2010 Well, just got back to this problem. I did a little more testing (last time I was on my way off the site and only had a quick poke at it in passing), and found that it didn't beep while booting in safe mode, but started again once it reached the log-in screen. This time though the beeping stopped after removing the keyboard so I tested with another one and it didn't beep again! You'd think that the beeps would've stopped after unplugging the keyboard in normal mode...
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