Issue:
1) There is a loud continuous beep which is emitted from the internal speaker while the O/S (win xp Sp3) is booting up. The system boot up beep comes fine and there are no issues till the windows loading screen comes up. This is when the long continuous beep starts (about 80% of the time) and then stays on till the login screen come up, it disappears post that
2) The system has slowed down since these beeps started and hangs frequently (for up to a minute) if kept running for 4-5 hours. Winrar extraction is taking 4-5 times what it used to take earlier
What I have tried:
1) Removed and run system with just one RAM module in one of the slots/tried changing the slots
2) ensured CPU fan and system fan were running and temperatures were under control
3) Made a boot-able memtest CD and ran it. It showed no errors in the ram modules
4) While debugging i realized that i am running a 32 bit OS which wont recognize more that 3.5 GB of ram. I took out one module and ran with just one for a few days and then put the second one back in. hanging problem is less frequent now.
Additional info:
- Easy tune 6 (monitoring software from Gigabyte) frequently gives a warning that the system fan (not CPU fan) is running at lower RPM however the the system temp was fine (lower than defined threshold)
- When i start a new program, there is a quick whirring sound which comes from the system (CPU presumably) for a second. Monitor and hard disks are setup to sleep after 20 minutes of inactivity
Whiel debuggign i realised that i am running a 32 bit OS which wont recongnise more that 3.5 gb of ram. I took out one module and ran with just one for a few days and then put the second oen back in. hanging problem is less frequent now.
Can someone help me figure out the meanign of the beep. Gigabyte manual has no documentation about the beep and also help eliminate the hanging problem,
1) There is a loud continuous beep which is emitted from the internal speaker while the O/S (win xp Sp3) is booting up. The system boot up beep comes fine and there are no issues till the windows loading screen comes up. This is when the long continuous beep starts (about 80% of the time) and then stays on till the login screen come up, it disappears post that
2) The system has slowed down since these beeps started and hangs frequently (for up to a minute) if kept running for 4-5 hours. Winrar extraction is taking 4-5 times what it used to take earlier
What I have tried:
1) Removed and run system with just one RAM module in one of the slots/tried changing the slots
2) ensured CPU fan and system fan were running and temperatures were under control
3) Made a boot-able memtest CD and ran it. It showed no errors in the ram modules
4) While debugging i realized that i am running a 32 bit OS which wont recognize more that 3.5 GB of ram. I took out one module and ran with just one for a few days and then put the second one back in. hanging problem is less frequent now.
Additional info:
- Easy tune 6 (monitoring software from Gigabyte) frequently gives a warning that the system fan (not CPU fan) is running at lower RPM however the the system temp was fine (lower than defined threshold)
- When i start a new program, there is a quick whirring sound which comes from the system (CPU presumably) for a second. Monitor and hard disks are setup to sleep after 20 minutes of inactivity
Whiel debuggign i realised that i am running a 32 bit OS which wont recongnise more that 3.5 gb of ram. I took out one module and ran with just one for a few days and then put the second oen back in. hanging problem is less frequent now.
Can someone help me figure out the meanign of the beep. Gigabyte manual has no documentation about the beep and also help eliminate the hanging problem,
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