Re: My computer makes two long beeps than it turns it self off

From: Bert Kinney (bert_at_NSmvps.org)
Date: 12/08/04 

Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 21:21:39 -0500

Hi Dan,

Are these beeps coming from the computer box rather than the computer
speakers?
These beeps could be caused by a Health Monitoring setting in the BIOS
setup.
I would suggest checking to make sure all the fans in the system are
functioning and are free of dust. 

-- 
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
Dan wrote:
> I have no idea why it does this. It has happend 3 times
> in the last week. It only happend once prior to that and
> it was during the summer. All 3 times I was playing a
> game and the last time someone IMed me using AIM while I
> was playing my game. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.

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