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AMD Atholon 1.2 - Overheating - Beeping

Discussion in 'Overclocking, Cooling and Modding' started by sifguy1980, Apr 27, 2004.

  1. sifguy1980 Newcomer, in training Posts: 35

    Anytime I play Diablo 2 or any FPS after about 5 minutes my computer starts to beeeep loudly and my frames per second drop from 90 to like 5 and the games run slowly, but when I am idle on XP everything is ok with no problems. What can I do to improve my cpu cooling? Better yet is the loud beeping the actual CPU overheating? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
    sifguy1980, Apr 27, 2004
    #1

  2. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916   +9

    Difficult to say, as you didn't say which mainboard and which graphics card you have.
    Mictlantecuhtli, Apr 27, 2004
    #2

  3. sifguy1980 Newcomer, in training Posts: 35

    asus motherboard and a geforce2mx 32mb video card
    sifguy1980, Apr 27, 2004
    #3

  4. sifguy1980 Newcomer, in training Posts: 35

    bueller?
    sifguy1980, Apr 28, 2004
    #4

  5. sifguy1980 Newcomer, in training Posts: 35

    New fan? coolant cream?
    sifguy1980, Apr 30, 2004
    #5

  6. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916   +9

    The beeping does sound like CPU overheating - have you checked that the CPU fan works and heatsink is in place and isn't covered with dust ?
    Mictlantecuhtli, Apr 30, 2004
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  7. sifguy1980 Newcomer, in training Posts: 35

    Well there is a fan and there was A LOT of dust, think if I buy a new and better heatsink not one from 2 years ago and get some thermo cream everything should be ok?
    sifguy1980, Apr 30, 2004
    #7

  8. StormBringer Newcomer, in training Posts: 2,871

    I think if you clean all that dust out, it will be much better.
    StormBringer, Apr 30, 2004
    #8

  9. sifguy1980 Newcomer, in training Posts: 35

    Ok i will test and let you all know
    sifguy1980, Apr 30, 2004
    #9

  10. Moimit Newcomer, in training Posts: 136

    hey also look at your cpu voltage.
    Moimit, May 6, 2004
    #10
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