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That doesn’t seem too bad a temperature Ruth. What sort of CPU are you using? It may be possible to increase the alarm temperature setting by 5 degrees and that may solve the problem without causing any damage to your processor. Athlons in particular run quite hot.

That doesn’t seem too bad a temperature Ruth. What sort of CPU are you using? It may be possible to increase the alarm temperature setting by 5 degrees and that may solve the problem without causing any damage to your processor. Athlons in particular run quite hot.

Hi Trebor. Definitely sounds like a hardware problem. Obvious stuff first- has the system been upgraded recently, or has the case been opened? Check all connections, makes sure all your cards & RAM are seated correctly in their slots, and if still no joy, try clearing the CMOS to reset the BIOS (See the motherboard manual for details on how to do this). If it’s still the same, you got a sick PC with hardware problems…

Hi Trebor. Definitely sounds like a hardware problem. Obvious stuff first- has the system been upgraded recently, or has the case been opened? Check all connections, makes sure all your cards & RAM are seated correctly in their slots, and if still no joy, try clearing the CMOS to reset the BIOS (See the motherboard manual for details on how to do this). If it’s still the same, you got a sick PC with hardware problems…

Hi Ruth. Yeah, Hans is right- the siren is from the motherboard and indicates a problem of some sort, usually overheating (or in some instances, if the case isn’t properly closed). Depending on your BIOS, you should see a message when you first swicth on that says something along the lines of “Press F2 [or whatever] to enter setup”. If you quickly press the key indicated you’ll enter the motherboard BIOS. Have a root around here and you should be able to find a temperature indicator along with a fan speed indicator and an alarm setting. The values of these numbers will determine what your problem is.
Hope that helps.

L.

Hi Ruth. Yeah, Hans is right- the siren is from the motherboard and indicates a problem of some sort, usually overheating (or in some instances, if the case isn’t properly closed). Depending on your BIOS, you should see a message when you first swicth on that says something along the lines of “Press F2 [or whatever] to enter setup”. If you quickly press the key indicated you’ll enter the motherboard BIOS. Have a root around here and you should be able to find a temperature indicator along with a fan speed indicator and an alarm setting. The values of these numbers will determine what your problem is.
Hope that helps.

L.