Constant beeps?

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Today my computer started beeping constantly. Not one long beep a constant beep every couple of seconds. I've googled and I'm not sure if it means it is overheating. Can anyone cast light on this for me please?

When I turn the speaker off the noise stop.

my hdd does that, and it's not the speakers
am afraid it's overheating or on the way out

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:( What can I do about the overheating? Does it mean a new fan? Should I should it down until I can do something about it - as it will it melt the hard drive and I'll lose all my photos and docs or will it just stop working. Feck it. I only had it fixed two weeks ago. :mad:

ricman

What model is the pc, beeping could mean 1 or both ram chip dimms is loose, not fully seated.TOUCH water tap metal, and pc metal case, to earth yourself, and reseat the ram chips.IF they seem loose.Post here MODEL NO,EG Dell lx450.

lil_lisa

May not be related, but is there any chance you have a key stuck on your keyboard? Sometimes if you hit a key on your desktop or somewhere it will beep, if its stuck it will continue to beep...just a thought

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Not a key stuck but thanks, I hadn't thought of that initially.

I couldn't tell you the PC model. It's one a friend made up for me comprised of various bits and pieces. In fact the tower/CPU is an old server. The guy who fixed it for me called it the Beast and nearly broke his arse laughing at me when I wheeled it in in a Superquinn trolley.

ewj1978

whats the mobo name?

ricman

disconnect the cables that go into hardrives,cdrom/dvd ,does the beeping stop.