Weird beeping sounds when running PRIME 95.

[Noni]

I replaced my dead motherboard, my old Asus Sli deluxe had damage so i bought a new one, put a zalman heatsink on it and off I went.

Everything booted up fine, I changed my usual settings in the BIOS (I.E. No silly logo at startup).

But, to test I used PRIME 95 and to my confusion I get random beeps. This are fast paced beeps and dont seem to be coming from the motherboard (as I took the speaker cable out of the motherboard header and the noise was still there. The noise is best described as a quietesh very fast paced beeps. It seems as though it is coming from the top end of my computer. Although I cannot be sure.

Here is my specs-

- AMD 3800+ Venice

- ASUS A8N SLI DELUXE

- ZALMAN 9500 and ZALMAN NB HEATSINK

- 7800GTX 256mb

- 250GB SATA HD

P.S. Things I have tried already-

Its getting weird now.

Changed PSU- Noise still there

Tigtened CPU COOLER- Still there

Disconnected SPEAKER HEADER from MB - Still there

Reconnected NB COOLER (ZALMAN PASSIVE) - Still there (although i can fiddle with it abit, but maximum load VIA ASUS UTILITY is 37C. But when I touch it it burns me .

Disconnected DVD drives- Still there

Reseated Motherboard- Still there

Listened to hardrive- Not from there

GPU- Not there

Turned off EXHAUST fan and CPU fan- Still there

Changed PSu and even ran psu outside the comp- Still there


Im currently running prime to check if the computer is stable at all. Unusally the computer is quite hot after a 5-10min gaming session.(Probably just me)

Thanks for any help and sorry for the vauge post.

EDIT- Its a very faint beeps, its a very very faced paced beeps too.

[Dark Horse]

What kind of psu do you have? My hiper makes quiet high pitched beeps when under heavy load. Doesn't seem to affect anything but its a little annoying.

Could you record the sound and put a file up?

[bez]

He mentioned it's still there when he changed PSU...

Very strange. Any other fans on your mobo (chipset)?

You say defo not GPU... have you tried another card in?

[mattio]

it is the mobo make the noise proberly were it's getting 2 hot it giving you a warning

[Thorsson]

I agree, it's probably a heat warning. Maybe the HSF isn't properly seated on the CPU.

[Noni]

The temps are fine according to ASUS PROBE. Also, the fact that they come up the SECOND i start PRIME is fishy. I watch my temps go from 30C to 40C and its still there. But as soon as I stop prime and im at FOR EXAMPLE 39C it will go away.

I think it maybe a bent resistor-



Does anyone know anything about them? It would help loads .

[Thorsson]

I've not found that bent resistors are a problem per se - I just "rescued" an old mobo to put in a PC that had loads of the beggars bent - I was worried, but it worked fine. If they get bent too far, however, one of the legs can snap.