Hello all. I have a Gigabyte Gaming 7 motherboard:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128835And my CPU is an Intel 6700K:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117559&cm_re=intel_6700k-_-19-117-559-_-ProductAnyways, my motherboard has been beeping at seemingly random intervals while running for the last few weeks. But I built this PC over a month ago, so its strange that it chose to make sounds all of a sudden even though nothing has changed.
I looked up the beep codes for my mobo, but it doesnt seem to help because the beeps are so random. 1 beep, 2 beeps, 3 beeps, 5 beeps, 9 beeps, 11 beeps. It has no consistency. Or so I thought.
I believe I have narrowed it down to one related issue: CPU. But no, its not overheating, at max load the highest it went was 73C (I know not ideal but within acceptable parameters). I had my bios voltage set to default, which was 1.275v. But I was told it should be at 1.200v, so I lowered it to that in the BIOS. And my temps went down to 58C at max loads! Quite a difference. Also set my mind at ease that maybe my cooler or paste were malfunctioning.
Anyways, I tell you this because my beeps seemed to be random at times, but the main constant? When my voltage/temps of the CPU spiked or throttled. Every time I opened a graphically intensive game, I would get beeps almost non stop, at random numbers as I previously stated. When I made that initial change from 1.275v to 1.2000v, I tested it with a game and I heard no beeps at all (I thought I had fixed my issue). But then the next time I open the very same game, after a few minutes sure enough I had a set of beeps again. And I had HWMonitror open and it says my VID was going as high as 1.384v.
I am fairly certain the beeps are related to increased voltage, but I dont know WHY that would make it beep. Isn't 1.384 under heavy load acceptable? Also why is my voltage going that high if I set it to 1.200v? I am not experienced with voltages and overclocking and I just want a stable, un-overclocked CPU (I know I bought an unlocked one).
So either I need to fix the voltage to satisfy my mobo, or perhaps somehow I can disable the beeping, or even perhaps its a false beep and means nothing, as everything seems to look okay; Ive heard mobos can do such things.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
