I have the newest version of seti@home and over the course of the last two months my computer has begun issuing a loud long beeep whenever it feels like it. I tried reinstalling seti@home and then thinking BOINC might be a way around this problem .. joined that.. well BOINC does it too.

I know its this software causing it because when I turn it off it stops and I came to that conclusion after I did everything else conceivably possible to troubleshoot the computer.

Anyhow the beep comes through the sound system. It is random and its most annoying.. anyone got any kind of suggestions. I dont want to stop helping out here but this is nutty. . katt.

It's probably your CPU temperature sensor telling you your CPU's running hot. BOINC doesn't have audio included. But what BOINC does, is if you're attached to any project, it'll be running 100% of your CPU when your PC is idle.

Your CPU will heat up and if you set either in your BIOS or in Windows to give a beep when it's nearing its maximum temperature, you will get that beep.

So... some info on your system would be nice. Motherboard brand and model number would be spiffing. Although for a quick solution, to count out the Windows beeps, try this XP Tweak: http://www.tweakxp.com/display.aspx?id=17

If that beep is then still coming through your audio, it's the CPU/system overheating warning. That can only be disabled in the BIOS.
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Jordâ„¢

I agree with Jord. Sounds like a heat warning to me.

Not to mention that the BOINC software isn't the same as the old S@H software.

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Ok I disabled the temp sensor in the bios and we shall see. It has only been happening the last couple of months so heat might indeed have something to do with it although it will happen in the cold of night too. I was thinking something similar though, maybe my processor fan is doing the slow down or maybe the processor itself is just going bad or has a cold sodder joint.. anyhow Im running winxp professional on a 600mhz processor with 512 of memory and a 40 gig hard drive. The mother board is a asus cuv4x with the via chipset for audio and that runs a bios which for the life of me I cant remember the name of.. I will get in there and blow out the processor fan and let ya know:) thanks for the replys.. katt.
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> Ok I disabled the temp sensor in the bios and we shall see. It has only been
> happening the last couple of months so heat might indeed have something to do
> with it although it will happen in the cold of night too. I was thinking
> something similar though, maybe my processor fan is doing the slow down or
> maybe the processor itself is just going bad or has a cold sodder joint..
> anyhow Im running winxp professional on a 600mhz processor with 512 of memory
> and a 40 gig hard drive. The mother board is a asus cuv4x with the via
> chipset for audio and that runs a bios which for the life of me I cant
> remember the name of.. I will get in there and blow out the processor fan and
> let ya know:) thanks for the replys.. katt.
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>

it could be you have a virus too!! There are virii that cause the computer to beep. make sure you do an up to date virus scan. it could only be a heat sensor if you are running a program like asus probe.
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Jeff

> Ok I disabled the temp sensor in the bios and we shall see. The mother board is a asus cuv4x with the via
> chipset for audio and that runs a bios which for the life of me I cant
> remember the name of.. I will get in there and blow out the processor fan and
> let ya know:) thanks for the replys.. katt.

You can run AsusProbe and have a look to the temperature of the CPU. Then you are sure if you have any problems concerning overheating.

Greetings from Belgium.

> You can run AsusProbe and have a look to the temperature of the CPU. Then you
> are sure if you have any problems concerning overheating.

Be aware that PcProbe's values differ from those shown in the BIOS (very strange though). So maybe you want to do a 'quick' shutdown and look them up in the BIOS. A friend of mine once had a funny issue: BIOS showed CPU temp > 65°C and PcProbe only something about 50°C. He had to turn of HW monitoring in order to prevent the computer from shutting down due to ('virtual') overheating.

> Be aware that PcProbe's values differ from those shown in the BIOS (very
> strange though). So maybe you want to do a 'quick' shutdown and look them up
> in the BIOS. A friend of mine once had a funny issue: BIOS showed CPU temp
> > 65°C and PcProbe only something about 50°C. He had to turn of HW
> monitoring in order to prevent the computer from shutting down due to
> ('virtual') overheating.

ASUS probes temps are similar, as it goes by the same diode used by the BIOS.

And the BIOS isn't really all that accurate anyway, as the modern processors can raise or lower several degrees C in seconds. In the time you reboot, your CPUs temp will drop, so the BIOS won't show an accurate "running" temp.

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It was indeed the heat sensor in the bios causing the beep. I guess the 100% processor use wasnt helping matters any.. I did a late night delve into my computer case and removed the offending dust bunny that was clogging up the heat sink under the processor fan and ta da!! I can turn back on the sensor without any beeping. Sometimes its the little things that work the best but are hardest to find.

I did check for virus and even went so far as to reformat about a week ago but got lazy when checking the processor fan. It was running so I didnt bother to remove the pwr supply and do a visual on it.. well lesson learned:P Put that right in there with ..1. is it plugged in.. 2. is it turned on.. 3. is the fan clogged .. heheh.

Thanks again for all of your help. Now if BOINC would just download some work that would be nice but I see Im not alone in that respect. katt.