Continuous Beeping During Use

[Governor]

Hello,



Hello, I am Governor, I hate to be a leecher but I simply made this account in order to try to solve my issuer - I am hoping to become an active member of this community!

I have just built my newest Gaming PC, I have everything installed and can do nearly anything I throw at it!

Case: Antec Nine Hundred Two v3
PSU: OCZ 650W
MOBO: Gigabyte Z87X-D3H
CPU: Intel i5 4670K @3.4GHz
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Frio Extreme (Dual Rad/Fan)
GPU: Gigabyte GTX770 4GB OC
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance
SSD: Crucial M4 128GB x2 (RAID0)
HDD: Western Digital 1TB Black Edition
OS: Windows 8 Pro 64-Bit

I am currently using the Intel 4600 HD Integrated Graphics to play the basic games.

I am getting a 29-31 Degrees Celsius on Idle and 41-45 Degrees Celsius when playing games AND bench-marking on my CPU.

All Drivers are up to date.
BIOS Updated

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I am having an intermittent issue, this only happens when the computer has been on for over 3 hours (It could be 3, 4, 5 or even 6 hours before it happens). The issue is that the system buzzer continuously beeps until I restart the system.

No temperatures are affected during this, nothing slows down, all fans keep running etc.

I have searched high and low but there are too many variables in the other cases for me to be able to warrant buying the suggested new components.

What is this random/intermittent continuous beeping? What does it mean? What has to be done to solve it?

NOTE --- When this happens, I can keep on using the system as I was... I just feel that something is wrong and the continuous beeping is signaling something...

Thanks in advanced!
Governor

[dmdilks]

Have you tried to open up the case and pin point where the buzz coming from. I had OCZ PSU make a lot of noise one time.

[Governor]

It is the system buzzer making the sound.

It is the same buzzer that does a single beep on start-up.

[dmdilks]

Go into the bios and check all the temp warning settings to see if one is set too low. Or bump the temp warning settings up a little.

I know on my x79 board the chipset heatsink does run a liitle hot. I have installed a fan on it to keep it cool.

But I have never had any warnings to it. One other thing is feel all the heatsink too see if one is running a little hot.

They do run kind hot but not really hot too. I remember one time somebody else was having problem something like yours. 

[Governor]

Herp. There's an issue...

I can't seem to access my BIOS; I tap delete many times and it either loads to Windows or goes to a Keyboard Language selection screen!

[dmdilks]

Watch the # lock & caps light. once they blink start hitting the delete key. These boards boot so fast that yes you can miss it.

The other thing is try and use a old PS-2 keyboard. Once you are in there disabled the fast boot till you get thing fix.

[Governor]

Ok, I got the BIOS up and all CPU Temp, Fan errors etc.warnings are Disabled (as default).

[dmdilks]

Do have speaker connected to the front panel. Or one of those little speaker. I look at the board and there is no system buzzer on it.

[Governor]

Yes, The speaker is plugged in - when the beeping starts I open the case and gently touch the speaker/buzzer, it is vibrating.

Someone suggested to remove my Data hard drive (I installed it the day before this issue started) due to some possible issue with Read/Write... Since I have disconnected it, there have been no issues.... Would it be worth RMAing it? Or should I test a different SATA port and SATA cable first?

[dmdilks]

So what you are saying is that the 1tb drive is giving you the problem. If it is the drive than you just can't RMA back to Western Digital.

The drive has to be register on a account with them to do any RMA. I would do some testing with that drive.

They do have a program that will test the drive. You have to download it from their site. You can call Western Digital and talk to them about.

Have you tried another drive to see if you get the same thing too.

[Governor]

Yes, the 1TB HDD is giving me the problem (no beeping for nearly 48hrs now).

I will put a spare SSD I have in its slot and see if the issue returns!

I will also run their software to test it out!

[Governor]

Ok... My Western Digital 1TB Black Bard Disk Drive has failed its S.M.A.R.T. test... Should I RMA the drive now?

[dmdilks]

Like I said that you have to call or you have to setup account with western digital. The drive has to be register with them.

You can't just setup a RMA. I just went through the same thing. I had a 750 go bad. I tried to RMA it and it said the drive wasn't registered. 

Once I register the drive and waited a couple of months before I did my RMA. But I have a lot of spare drives.