Beep !

[paul911]

Our PC server has decided to annoy us all today ! We have been getting a steady beep sound, followed by a continual beep. I rebooted the server and the noise went away and is running fine. I can hear and feel the fan running, and it isn’t hot. Am I correct in assuming the beep is a warning beep? What’s it warning me about.

Cheers
Paul

[GregE240]

Make and model of server.

Operating system.

Additional applications.

Is it warm in the server room?

Is it connected to a UPS?

Come on, were not mind readers. Help us to help you.

[liszt]

Keyboard plugged in?
Someone sat on keyboard?

[paul911]

Cheers for the quick response. I’m not a computer whiz so easy on the jargon. Its running MS W2000 server software, with 7 pc’s attached. Nothings changed from yesterday. Rooms normal temperature and nothing on the keyboard. It was fine first thing this morning, just started to beep about an hour ago, then OK after the reboot. It’s still running fine now with no beep. Just wondering what the beep could have been.

Ta

[amcdee]

Does the beep start to sound on start up. If it does check it's not a failed raid drive.

[meeja]

amcdee said:

failed raid drive.

Cold sweat mode on....

[ErnestM]

EventLog>System is your friend... Check it out for the time period of the beeps.

If no joy there, as already suggested, check out any RAID cards as they tend to be noisy little so and so's when failing.

Final test - turn off quick boot in the BIOS and let it do a complete memory check when it reboots (this one is a long shot)...

...also, it's not multi-processor is it?

ErnestM

[Plotloss]

If you're sure there is nothing wrong with it uninstall the beep device.

This is cure rather than prevention I grant you...

[robertuk]

Beeps are error codes usually used to diagnose a fault/problem with the computer

When you switch on your PC, the BIOS runs if all is well this continues to boot (or load) the operating system (WINDOWS XP for example).

The number of beeps will highlight what is wrong.

Could be bad memory, faulty video card, keyboard e.t.c
If the beeps are occuring while your PC is already in Windows then this may help:

www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1019965402
(found via google)

R

[_Dobbo_]

When a fan went on the raid controller in our server it beeped endlessly. Occasionally it would go away but ultimately a new fan was required. Could be that?

[slinky]

On the servers we supply, if a fan is running below speed, or failed the server will beep..

Might be worth checking that out as well..

slinky