The system experiences slowdown accompanied by a Beep about once every two seconds, sometimes this beep/system event is accompanied by a glitch or click in the sound of whatever is running at the time. It is not constant under normal circumstances there is no problem, but if I run a game or defrag/search program it starts. It seems to happen no matter which drive is being used.
I have replaced the graphics card, the processor fan and upgraded the PSU to 550w.
Tried running without sound card & with alternating Ram Chips
Upgraded drivers, Installed fans on PCI and Hard Drives.
Run System Mechanic, O&O Defrag Pro, Active SMART etc all say drives and system are OK. No Spyware or Viruses that I could detect either :O)
I’ve run out of ideas anyone got any?
Thanks in advance :o)
Holy, that must be extremely annoying. I really can’t think of anything myself, you did a load of stuff:good:. I take it you updated the bios too when upgraded the drivers? Check all your connections too if you haven’t already. What power supply did you get exactly, if it was a total cheapo it’s remotely possible that’s the problem but I thnk you have a better grasp of the concept than I.
yea i agree with ex, and if it doesnt work put your system together all over again and it’ll probably stop unless you have a damaged component or faulty drivers (reinstall windows 2)
but wait for other ppols replies first, thats your worst case scenario
it can’t be memory, i doubt its the Hds… hmmm.. ill think about this one
Thanks guys,
Already reinstallled windows and updated the bios to the newest available. But don’t stop throwing ideas in, I may well be overlooking something simple. One of those “D’oh” moments
Taking the system apart is, as you said, my last resort. But since the only thing I gaven’t actually removed from the case lately is the mobo itself, I figure unless there’s an obvious peice of physical damage to blame, I might still be stuck.
Here’s hoping there’s a brainwave out there with my name on it :o)
I think you should take out the mobo, and try it with one board at a time – video, then sound, then the next — all outside of the casing. That way you’ll at least have a better grasp of what’s exactly going on and you’ve isolated the mobo from tha casing as well. That’s what I’d do at this stage…
There’s two possibilities I can think of to look at closely, besides what’s been suggested:
The CPU is getting too hot. Now, if I’m remembering correctly, the P4 will underclock itself, but if there’s a glitch there and it’s not doing it, you’re getting issues. The other thing that might be a problem is that the RAM has a few errors with it, and might be corrected with a slight voltage bump. Download [google]Memtest[/google] and check your RAM with that. Let it run for a couple of hours. If you get errors in any test, up the voltage by 0.1V, and then run Memtest again.
I do lean toward a possible PSU problem, as the problems really don’t make a good fit toward what I’ve just suggested. Better to cover all your bases, though.
