Question to try the brains - When i boot the computer (it is new i'm trying to install an OS) i get a continual beeping sound ... no pauses or anything. First thought memory but it's not that... i'm getting to the install screen though when i pop in the cd... any thoughts? Any help appreciated... it's been suggested that it's the cpu overheating warning, but i've got a cpu fan why would it overheat? Do i need to get something else or is the fan deffective?
yes this is a new computer, and i know that the pci, video, and memory are all correctly installed. Any suggestions? It has been suggested that it is the cpu overheating warning, and someone has asked on another forum if i have a pad under the heat sink fan... i do not.. is this something everyone has?
There should be some sort of thermal pad or a thin coat of thermal paste to provide maximum heat transfer from the CPU core to the heatsink. It's not something that's optional. Thermal paste, particularly Arctic Silver or Ceramique is some of the best stuff you can get, and usually runs around $10 a tube.
You either have a thermal pad or thermal grease. This is used to fill the "gaps" in the heatsink and cpu core which allows better heat transfer. Thermal grease is what you should use (Arctic Silver/Céramique). You only need to apply a thin layer on the cpu core. If you're gonna look under the heatsink, you will need to reapply some kind of grease/pad so might as well use the good stuff. If the problem persists, disable the warning in the BIOS and use a program to monitor the temperature. Of course the best way to check the temperature is to use a real thermal sensor with its own display. If it looks normal then the motherboard is at fault and you should return it for a new one.
