[Stinko Man K]

its a high whiny noise that usually happens when winXP boots, but often happens earlier in start-up or randomly if it boots up completely. this always causes freezing and sometimes an instant reboot, once it froze so I left it, and I got constant high-beep low-beep tone going on from the PC speaker.

winXP professional
512 ddr ram
athlon 1.4
nVidia geforce 2 MX

can't imagine whats making this noise, Its not the PC speaker, or my HDDs, only other thing I can think of is the power supply.

only changes I've made recently is I got broadband

 

[SPEEDO]

Welcome Stinko Man K........:winkgrin:

What brand of motherboard are you using?

Check the fan on your CPU and see if it's making the noise....

 

[johnwill]

The two things that normally make noise in a PC are the fans and the hard disk. Of the two, the fans are far more likely to be the offenders, so that's where I'd start.

 

[Stinko Man K]

Its not coming from the CPU fan, and thats the only fan I have. Thats why I suspected the Power Supply, as its the only other thing with moving parts, or maybe it has a hissing cap.

As for the mobo, I bought it two years ago and cant remember what it is. Is there any way I can tell from windows?

 

[Stinko Man K]

actually after a bit of thinking and looking at pics of mobos, its almost definitely a MSI K7T266 Pro KT266

 

[johnwill]

Well, the P/S has a fan, that's one of the fans I was talking about. It's not that difficult to put another fan into a P/S...

 

[Stinko Man K]

well air is coming out the back so that seems ok. And its given up making noises now, it just reboots at random

 

[SPEEDO]

Sounds like it's going into low power mode!

Do you have another power supply that you can try in there? Something at least 300 watts.

 

[Stinko Man K]

no and i'm kinda reluctant to buy a new one unless I know for sure thats the problem.

 

[johnwill]

Air coming out of the P/S does not mean the fan isn't making the noise when it powers up.

 

[Stinko Man K]

well the noise only happened when it froze and stopped immediately when rebooted, what could cause it to not make a noise one minute then start up the next? Also its not making the noise anymore.

 

[johnwill]

I suspect I'd have to see this to figure out what the noise is, since it's not making much sense to me at this point.