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Old 26-05-2008, 07:53 PM
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Hi, please help. All of a sudden an old computer that i had not used I started to switch it on. Realising it had crashed I still had the installation cd.
Everything went fine until 15 min later the computer started beeping just like the sound of an alarm, and whilst booting it back, it went to a Blue Screeen and the the message said " System Failure" the system has to auto shutdown.
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Old 26-05-2008, 07:55 PM
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What exacly does it do in it's current state.
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Old 26-05-2008, 09:45 PM
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Also .... can you match the beep code to any of those listed on this page
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Default Computer Tower Beeping Like an alarm
Because its old id put my money on a corrupt or failing hardware device. Have you checked all cables to see if there seated properly ? and can you slide the side panel off your tower and check if all the fans are working especially the heat sink fan placed on top of the CPU.
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This could well be a motherboard error or problem.
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Originally Posted by philthomas View Post
Also .... can you match the beep code to any of those listed on this page
Yea, that helps, but it should also say in the motherboard manual which will be specific for that motherboard. If you find what it is from either way, let us know, it will help us sort it for you.
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Originally Posted by Dave Hybrid View Post
What exacly does it do in it's current state.
well i started to reinstall windows, and a beep sound came repetivly , the about half wau through about 85% formatted, blue screen came and it said "system has been shutdown automatically, as there a a system failure"
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I had the same problem a few months back on my sisters laptop; halfway trough the formatting while trying to install Windows the system would shut down... Turned out that the CPU was overheating. In my case I managed to solve the problem by reapplying the thermal paste on the CPU. Has been working like a dream since.

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yea, it probably is an overheating issue, try opening up the case, and making sure all the fans are turning when you start up the PC.
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