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I have a Abit motherboard BE6-II, Power Man power supply FSP235-60GTW (235 watts), Pentium III 550MHz fan cooled, Award Bios, 128MB RAM. I am running Windows 2000 Pro. My problem is that on occasions, when I turn the computer on, I get a continuous "beep beep". I am thinking this could be a power supply or the cpu temp. alarm. I have the cover off of the case. Thanks for your help.

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by donmars

Having the cover off your case CAN cause an overheating situation, unless you have a fan or other cool draft blowing directly on the box! The design of the enlosure aids in the internal fan moving air across the circuitry. Unless you have a defective fan replace the cover. If you have a defective fan replace it or direct forced (fan) air at the motherboard. Continuous Beeping: Memory or video problem. Diagnosis: This is usually caused by a problem with the system memory, or possibly the video card. The memory is more likely the reason--the system complains long and loud if it can't find any usable memory, as there is no way to even start the boot process when this is the case. The motherboard itself could also be the problem. Try removing and reseating the memory and video board. remember to ground yourself to discharge ESD so as not to damage the mem or video boards. Do this by touching the metal computer chassis while it is plugged in but turned OFF! Hope this is all it is and you will not have to replace any parts.

by donmars

It is unlikely to be a video driver problem since you state that "My problem is that on occasions..." which means I presume that the problem is intermittent, also the beep codes means it has detected a problem during POST long before video drivers or any software driver resident on the Hard Disk is even loaded! Anything is possile I suppose but that would be the very last thing I would try.

by dmiles

Continous beeping will sometimes signal a memory or video card problem,so try reseating the memory or replacing the memory one stick at a time if their is more than one stick
Check your video card by reseating and then up date the video driver.

by francisw

If all the about tips do not solve the problem, think simple: It may be the keyboard. Try replace it with a known good one.

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