Server Keeps beeping

[StressedTechie]

A friend has phoned to say his server keeps beeping at him. He said it started last night, he thought it was the UPS but its the actual server that is beeping every second or so. I asked him when the beeping starts and its as soon as he signs into the machine. I am about to ask him to check event viewer but just wondered if any of you guys knew what it might be.

Its Windows NT4.0 Server

Thanks

 

[SimonDavis]

Event viewer sounds like the place to start, but has he got a stuck key on the keyboard, or heaven forbid, a pizza box resting on the space bar . . .

 

[tahoe2]

could be overheating. aim a fan at it, see if it stops.

Corie

 

[StressedTechie]

hmm I have checkde Event Viewer and nothing is abnormal in there. A few failed backups but nothing else.

I opened Wordpad to see if a key was stuck but nothing there either.

The beeping is not the usual sort you would get when a key is stuck. Its a beep ever second or so, when a key is stuck its a constant beep! This is a wierd one

 

[Waidesworld]

According to the beep codes it is most likely a CPU fan issue. If he has the temperature alarm setting too low this may be the issue. However, the most likely resolution here is more ventilation.

Please address my pet hate, "a cable is loose, you lose your keys

 

[StressedTechie]

Its fixed I popped around last night and it turns out he two hdd's in the server. One had stopped responding, but no messages in envent viewer. Replaced the drive and restored his data. Problem resolved.

Thanks for all your advise!

Cheers
ST