Single loud Beep

[Blackjack]

Hey all,

So I was playing World of Warcraft and all of the sudden a single, loud beep emitted from my computer. Nothing like this has ever happened before. I know that when a computer beeps as such it is usually trying to tell you something of importance. I don't know what it means, so if anybody could let me know what it is and how to fix it, i'd be very grateful.

Thanks in advance,

Blackjack

 

[Tmagic650]

Does anything happen after the Beep? It could be that you have the CPU overheating alarm in the bios, set too low

 

[Blackjack]

Nope. PC ran normally right after.

 

[Tmagic650]

So increase the CPU warning temp in the bios one notch

 

[Blackjack]

CPU running at 40c
GPU running at 70c
System running at 34c

These are all at idle

is this normal?

 

[Tmagic650]

The Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) is a little hot. Raising the motherboard alarm temp a little won't hurt, and it may just stop the loud beeping

 

[random fires]

Bit of cleaning wouldn't hurt either. Since everything is still running normally, a can of air could do wonders. Your MainBoard Manual would have codes for the many beeps it can make, or look up the make/model online. Take it as a sign to give the insides some love, and ventalation.

 

[Tedster]

read the BIOS beep guide in the guides forum