PC beeps at random times

[pdonahoe]

I am getting an occasional POST beep or two well after a boot-up. Everything appears to be in working order, but, sometimes I hear 1 or 2 beeps. This does not happen frequently, only once in a while. Any ideas what this means?

 

[oldcomptrguy]

Check out these beep codes.

http://www.5starsupport.com/info/beep_codes.htm

 

[pdonahoe]

The beeps I am talking about are not happening at boot-up. They occur sometimes hours after boot-up. So I'm not sure the POST codes will be of any help. Why is the PC beeping hours after boot-up?

 

[oldcomptrguy]

You could have some hardware (CPU, video card etc) overheating.

 

[pdonahoe]

Thanks for the suggestion, oldcomptrguy. I've had the same suspicion, and have installed some software (PC Alert) to monitor the motherboard temps to see if heat and beeps are related.

On the other hand, I don't get any error messages when the beeps go off -- as is supposed to happen if there is a detected malfunction during the boot process.

 

[franklin97355]

Make sure the programs you are running don't have a sound alert turned on. Outlook on my computer is set to beep when new mail shows up.

 

[pdonahoe]

Another good suggestion, Franklin. The next time I get the beep(s), I'll check what's running and run down your idea to see if that's what's happening.