I've asked our IT guy, he didnt know.
My computer is making a beeping noise like an alarm is going off. My computer is a mut, meaning its built from parts, new parts. So its not a particular brand. Does anyone know whats going on with this thing ? I thought about putting a few bullets through it but thought I would ask you guys first.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Legs

Legs, you aren't giving us much to work with here.  Is the computer doing anything else other than beeping?  I once had a machine that would beep when the mall battery that keeps the computers clock running died.  Two dollar fix.

Thanks guys,

I have a AMD 500 processor that I've been putting off replacing.
I wondered about the temperature over heating problems. I have every slot filled with  Video card, sound card, Ultra pc adaptor controler, usb card and an extra fan. all ram slots are filled with 512 mg.'s of ram. I run it with the cover off all the time since I have two 35 gig. hd and two cd roms. A lot of stuff in it so over heating could have been the problem. Thats why I have the cover off. Its done this before.
Maybe to much dust  inside ?

I havent touched any thing latley but I will take out everything and try re-seating things in it.

The computer does this after it has been running for a while. Then when I reboot it will start immediatly until I let it sit for a while but starts again eventually.

I'm unsure on the type of motherboard, but know the processor stated above. Figure its a standard for the type of processor.

I do not know if the bios keeps track of the temp.

I will try everything you guys mentioned and will check back here for updated info from you all after this response.

Where on the motherboard do I look for the battery? I have a G3 as well but its pretty simple to fix and obvious where the battery is placed and what type.

Thanks again ! I appreciate it.
I know I will have to spend money on this piece of crap again, I hope its something simple. I'd rather buy guns and ammo.

Legs

Sounds like overheating if it beeps when ya try to reboot and doesn't start up.

If the CMOS battery went, every time you would cold boot you would see a BIO warning...

Check your case fans and cpu fan to make sure they all work ok and if you have all that crap in a mid/small tower, you may want to keep the thing open to keep good airflow!!!

]=)

Right now I have the cover off. I've had it this way for almost a year. I figure it has good ventalation but will follow up with the advise here and make sure. I know it real dusty right now...
Im at work now so I can surf here. I gotta go to the range first and release a bit of stress so I will be much calmer and patient when I go home to fix it.

Thanks again guys. I will check back here again for any updates.
[beer]

break out the system board manual. in the back somewhere will be the system beep codes. Count them and look them up. it will tell you what the problem is. they work like morse code. long and short beeps. If it's playing some kind of tune it is most likely a fan or overheating issue.


mike

Well guys after going through the check list, this circuit junk is working fine now. I have had it running constantly since 4:30 pm yesterday. No alarms going off. This thing renders my 3d work so it runs for weeks at a time, sometimes.

Thanks for all the imput on this.

I had same problem
$10.00 fan at Radio Shack