Hi, I'm hoping somebody has an idea of how to fix this. Lately, my computer has been crashing seemingly randomly, and then proceeds to emit beeps from within the tower until I get up to restart it. The crashes seem random, as they occur even at night, when the computer is sitting here not in use. The tower then beeps until it is restarted. I had originally thought this was caused by a loss of memory, as this problem occured almost everytime i would try and rip a CD with iTunes. Now, however, it happens even when i simply run firefox, or even let the computer sit with nothing in particular running.

welcome to dal the online computer help forum

first of all to e,iminate any viral problems that may be causing this to occur could you click on the link in my downloads called owens help then follow the instructions and then post a fresh hijack this log in the virus and spyware forum
then if that is clear we can take it further

also have you tried uninstallig firefox to see if that is the cause



hope this helps
thanks

i dont know if this is at all relevent, but my pc did that a few months back, when i replaced the graphics card the problem went away. ( see post, computer freezing)

my pc was working fine, then all of a sudden it would freeze and continually beep untill i restarted it, i got evesham out to repair it, and they said the graphics card fan had jammed and caused the graphics card fan to overheat and fail which was causing the crashes.
the system was beeping as a warning presumably because it was overheating?????? ( or so he said anyway!!!)
can u open the side of ur pc and see if the lil fans going round? if it is im all outa ideas

Also: look in your event viewer: rt. click My Computer then click Manage then Event Viewer.
Open the system as well as the application tabs & look for X errors. Click error line for details. Post back the source & event id especially of errors that seem to coincide with a crash.

i haven't seen a correlation with the crashes and any event errors so far. i also submitted a hijack this log, and owen said it was clean. so i don't know what else it could be....

What is the make & model of computer?
Are you familiar with opening it up?

Also run this scan & post:
http://www.d-a-l.com/help/forumdisplay.php?f=31

Also check the Device Manager: RT click My Computer then click Manage then Device Manager for any "!"

Also check dxdiag by going to start run dxdiag
Check the display page for any problems.

i am not completely familiar with the innards of my computer, but at the same time, i'm not entirely clueless either. My computer is a nVidia system by Cyberpower Computers.

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OS Information:
PropertyValue
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
Service Pack 1.0
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS


Processor:
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Current Clock Speed 2079
Description x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 0
Manufacturer AuthenticAMD
Name AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+


Memory (RAM):
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Bank Label Bank2/3
Capacity 268435456

Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~256 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 255MB

Disk Drives:
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Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model IC35L090AVV207-0
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 82343278080 (~77 GB)
Number of Partitions 1


Installed Printers:
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Name HP DeskJet 880C (Copy 1)
Port Name LPT1:
Default False
Driver Name HP DeskJet 880C

Name HP DeskJet 880C
Port Name USB001
Default True
Driver Name HP DeskJet 880C

Name EPSON Stylus COLOR 880
Port Name USB001
Default False
Driver Name EPSON Stylus COLOR 880


Motherboard:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer http://www.abit.com.tw/
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product NF7-S/NF7 (nVidia-nForce2)
Serial Number
Version 2.X


BIOS:
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Manufacturer Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Name Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Release Date 20030724******.******+***
Version Nvidia - 42302e31


Monitor:
PropertyValue
Description Default Monitor
Name Default Monitor
Screen Height 864
Screen Width 1152


Keyboard:
PropertyValue
Description Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard


Pointing Device:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer Microsoft
Name Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical


Sound Card:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer Microsoft
Description Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
Device ID MODEMWAVE\0\{6D60179C-278F-4471-90A0-26F1DC0310C0}

Manufacturer Creative Technology, Ltd.
Description Creative EMU10K1 Audio Processor (WDM)
Device ID PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80651102&REV_0A\4&3B1 D9AB8&0&4840


Video Card:
PropertyValue
Adapter Compatibility NVIDIA
Adapter RAM 268435456
Description NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
Installed Display Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.5672
Driver Date 3/24/2004 3:04:00 PM
Video Mode Description 1152 x 864 x 4294967296 colors


DirectX Installation:
PropertyValue
Version 6.03.01.0146


Modem:
PropertyValue
Model Intel(R) 536EP Modem
Name Intel(R) 536EP Modem


Network Adapters:
PropertyValue
Description Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description RAS Async Adapter
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Description Direct Parallel
Description WAN Miniport (IP)
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description Microsoft TV/Video Connection

External Ports:
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External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator USB

Expansion Slots:
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Slot Designation PCI0
Slot Designation PCI1
Slot Designation PCI2
Slot Designation PCI3
Slot Designation PCI4
Slot Designation AGP
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Can you describe the beeps? Is there any pattern? 1 long 3 short etc. ???

Just to clarify: these beeps from the tower come after a freeze & before you restart?

Or are the beeps coming from an atempt to restart?

i'm pretty sure this it goes 1 long 1 short. and the beeps come after a freeze/crash and before a restart.

Just to clarify: when this freezes it does not restart? In other words you have to manually shut it down?

I looked at Cyberpower Computers hoping to find a manual but I need to know the exact model. Do you see it there? Or know the precise name?

http://www.cyberpowersystem.com/inte...sp#workstation

Your BIOS beep codes: Name Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG:
AWARD BIOS BEEP CODES

The following are Award BIOS Beep Codes that can occur. However because of the wide variety of different computer manufacturers with this BIOS the beep codes may vary.
Beep Code Description
1 long, 2 short Indicates a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information
Any other beep(s) RAM problem.

If any other correctable hardware issues the BIOS will display a message.

It does seem like a bad vid card or RAM.

You can try this RAM test:

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp