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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: frustrated on January 15, 2010, 06:04:08 am
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Why is it that my P55A-UD3 internal speaker occasionally emits a single beep when Win7 Home Premium is just stilling at the Windows desktop?
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Hi,
Sounds like it may be an audible alarm for temps set up in your BIOS. You could check your BIOS and see if there are temperature thresholds set for GPU and/or CPU temps and if the BIOS is configured to emit beep alarms when those set thresholds are exceeded.
cheers
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There is a threshold but the CPU temperature is far below that setting and there is nothing for the GPU. I would of thought that an alarm of that would be a series of rapid beeps rather than one solitary beep from the speaker.
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Hi
Give some details of your system
Is the temp setting too low, That May cause a beep
Some hard drives emit a beep when defective
seems like it's trying to tell you something is not right somewhere
Check all connections are sound on hardware and drives
cheers
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System is a P55A-UD3 w P4 BIOS using a i5-750 and Corsair XMS3 memory in a Coolermaster Centurion case. Using a WD Cavair Green 500 GB hard drive (new) which was also spinrited. There is no overclocking being done. CPU temp is alarm is set to 80C. Normal running temp is 43C.
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I got the exact same problem with mine. Thought i was alone. Got p55A-UD3 with i5-750 and corsair XMS3 memory as you. Heard that the motherboard warns if the cpu-coolers rpm get below 1000. Mine is at 1011 rpm in idle. I only hear this beeps in idle so maybe its because the rpm pass 1000 for a short period?
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Hi, sailbot85
Thanks for the post,
Yea could be what you say,
Is it possible to test this out by using speedfan and setting the cpu fan speed below 1000?
Or would slightly pressing the cpu fan center gently to stall the fan ?
(hands on brigade)
Anybody got any suggestions???????????????
Cheers
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Turn off the smart cpu fan speed control?
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Hi,
Just realized that i tried without the smart fan control and forcing the fan to spin at full speed. I still got the beeps. Allthough i get strange readings in hw-monitor. Cause somtimes it sais that the min. rpm for the fan has been as low as zero rpm. Im pretty sure that the fan is running constantly so maybe its bad connection through the cable or something?
How can i force the fan to get below 1000 without sticking my belongings in it?
Thanks for the help!
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I really think there is something in Windows doing this beeping rather than the hardware. I left the the system sitting in the bios system health page and I never heard a beep in one hour. I rebooted and within minutes the darn system beeped! >:(
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Seems this beeping is not an isolated event http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=56502
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saibot85
Are you using Windows7 Home Premium 64biut like I am ?
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Yes, i think we can rule out the fan theory too. Im using Windows 7 professional.
What i've noticed is that the voltage over the memory is set to 1,5v but appears to be as high as 1,584v. Isn't that a little bit too high?
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Do you mean DRAM Voltage? Mine is 1.64 while the Corsair is rated for 1.65. Here is my thread over at Corsair forums http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?p=435394#post435394
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Do you mean DRAM Voltage? Mine is 1.64 while the Corsair is rated for 1.65. Here is my thread over at Corsair forums http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?p=435394#post435394
yeah, i read about the corsair voltage problems. I heard that it should be set to 1,65v but the label on mine sais 1,5v. Of what i understand its because it is originally a 1066 memory and it needs 1,65v to run stable on 1333. never tried to raise the voltage, maybe i should?
seems like many people got problems with GA-P55 and and that corsair model. No freezes or BSOD yet, but im waiting.
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Had the same "beeping" issue with my new system where the system speaker would issue a single beep on an irregular basis. System - P55a UD4, i750, W7 64. In addition, I had slow read speeds using AS SSD @4K from my Crucial SSD (AHCI) which had been fine on my old system.
Both issues were solved when I increased the voltage to my RAM to 1.64 (spec is 1.65 for my OCZ Gold) as this was being under volted at 1.5v. At the same time, I also disabled power saving features CPU EIST, CPU Enhanced Halt & also disabled Performance Enhance (adv memory settings) which was set at Turbo.
Not sure which setting did the trick, but I thought I would post as the beeping has ceased and as a bonus, my SSD read speed has been restored. Once I've established the setting causing the beeps, I'll post again.
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Wow thanks for the info. Wonder if I should let Gigabyte support know what you found out. ;-)
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Thanks for that!
Now I am even more convinced that my memory is at least one source of trouble. Im sending my memory slots back to the store now and then im gonna buy a new pair of another brand. This time i will make sure that it is 1.5v memory.
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Saibot85 - I'd holdfire before returning the RAM. I'm not convinced it is the RAM voltage. I have just altered the RAM voltage back to Auto and the beep has not returned. I aim to re-enable settings in turn to establish which one causes the issue.
Also, Gigabyte have posted a beta bios yesterday - version F7a (P55a UD4) & F5c (P55a UD3) with the reason "enhanced memory compatibility". As it's a beta, you use it at your own risk, but it may possibly sort your issue.
I'm going to stick with the latest release bios and try and isolate the setting causing the issue.
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yeah i did see that. I haven't flashed the BIOS to the newer version yet though.
Great that it works at 1.5 volts too. Hope you find what causes the beeping. For me, i think i still gonna return the RAM cause i still got time to do it and it dosen't cost me anything but time. And i heard alot of bad stuff with those i got now so i think its best for me to replace them. I really hope this solves the problem for me.
Let us know when u find the problem!
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Having spent the evening trying the various settings, it appears that the following issues are both caused by the C3C6C7 Support State setting. If this is set to "auto", the following problems arise:
1. Irregular single beep from the system speaker
2. Reduced 4k read speed from my SSD drive. Screenshots show the effect on the 4k read speed in the AS SSD benchmark:
C3C6C7 Support State "auto":
(http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8673/c3c6c6statesupportenabl.jpg)
C3C6C7 Support State disabled:
(http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/8966/c3c6c6statesupportdisab.jpg)
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Great.
So you come around this problem by setting the RAM voltage to manual and 1,64 (1,65)?
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Hi,
Thanks for the info
Cheers
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Great.
So you come around this problem by setting the RAM voltage to manual and 1,64 (1,65)?
No -I left the voltage at default i.e. 1.5v as that did not cause the issue. All I had to disable was the bios setting "C3C6C7 Support State" and that resolved both the beeping and slow read speeds.
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With me I was not made aware of the beta bios through my contact with Gigabyte support directly so with the F4 bios I had to change the Dram voltage to 1.64 and QPI to 1.21 in order to have a stable system which did not BSOD stop code 124 on me. The beeping of course was still occurring.
I delvered the computer to person who I built it for so have no access to the computer and do not know if flashing with the F5C bios would allow lower voltage settings.
It is very strange too since my first contact with Gigabyte support via email was due to an error on my part when I mistakingly though the F5 bios on the Tiwian website was for the P55A-UD3 when it was an different board. They never mentioned an existance of the F5C bios for the UD3 nor that it was about to release this week.
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Disabling C3C6C7 support actually seems to have solve the problem for me too.
Thanks alot!
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Glad it worked. It would be great if Gigabyte support could throw some light on the potential cause.
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Eactly Gigabyte support was of no help to me.
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My new P55A-UD4 (Rev1.0) was also doing this.
I set "C3/C6 State Support" to disabled and the problem went away. I'd like to know what was causing it though.
Any update on the origin of this issue?
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My new P55A-UD4 (Rev1.0) was also doing this.
I set "C3/C6 State Support" to disabled and the problem went away. I'd like to know what was causing it though.
Any update on the origin of this issue?
Hi,
By disabling C3/C6/C7 support, the problem went away. Unfortunately, I only received a generic response when I submitted a support ticket, but the most likely cause is detailed in this post pointing to a bug in the Intel processor:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/270021-12-p55a-bios-beeps#t1875941 (http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/270021-12-p55a-bios-beeps#t1875941)
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That's interesting - thanks for that.
I'd just sent a support ticket too so it will be interesting to hear if they say anything specific.
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Please let us know how you get on. My reply from tech support (in full!) was:
"Please check you have change any setting in bios, for example, cpu warning temperature or cpu/system fan fail warning….etc?
Or install ET6 and set the CPU temp. or fan speed alarm"
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So basically GGTS was thinking it was an alarm that was sounding. Sounds about right ::)
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According to post #18 in this thread http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2093181 (http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2093181) BIOS flash F13 apparently finally fixes the 8+ month old problem.
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Good spot - I'd missed the new bios. F13 only lists improved USB 3 compatibility and F14 improved memory compatibility. Time to experiment!
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This is an age old problem with the description of BIOS update features being very unhelpfull.
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All,
Just built my new PC this weekend based on the Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 MB (Rev 2.0) and am experiencing the beep issue... I flashed to F11, which is the latest version available from the Gigabyte website, and still have the problem.
F13 that's mentioned in this thread doesn't seem to be available (anymore?) for the MB. Anyone have any pointers?
Thanks in advance!
Johan
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Hi and welcome to the forum. I would suggest looking on the TweakTown Forum as they have an archive of BIOS updates both beta and final versions.
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F11 is the latest for the P55A-UD3.
When you flashed did you use Qflash and Disable Keep DMI Data, then load optimized and save/apply/reboot to BIOS after the flash?
If not you may want to try flashing again doing the above mentioned things to see if it helps. If not try disabling C1E and EIST, and then the other C3/C6 ect settings as mentioned in this thread.
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Thanks for your replies (and the warm welcome). On Tweaktown the latest version is F11 as well.
For now I disabled CPU temp alarms in the BIOS, which indeed stops the random beeps. When I have a chance I'll follow lsdmeasap's suggestion and apply a more 'thorough' flash process.
In the meanwhile I'm glad I now at least know what the problem is (nothing serious).
Rgrds,
johan
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Just be carefull now you have disabled the alarms and keep an eye on the temperatures.
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Sorry for the confusion. UD4's are up to BIOS version F14 whereas the UD3's latest version is F11.
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I linked them this (http://www.wpcoe.com/images/intel_c6_state.gif) in my techsupport query. The reply came back today as follows:
"Hi,
Intel errata number: 3409775, the PECI get temp command occasionally returns incorrect temperature data.
Implication: The PECI GetTemp command occasionally returns incorrect temperature data when the Lynnfield\Clarksfield processors is are in the package C6 state.
Status: No fix, so far Intel has no plan to fix this issue."
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That seems like about "par for the course" for Gigabyte Technical Support. You send them the information and they copy it and send it back as an answer! Great! ::) ::) ::)
What you must do is complain in the question box and they will get someone who speaks english to answer you. It falls far short of good customer relations though doesn't it?
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Hi All (First Ever Post)
I have hadthe same issue (GA-P55A-UD3) and after many dealings with GGTS and web searching I have found the following.
Intel I5 and I7 (I believe) send out random overheat warnings, now Intel are aware of this and have produced a document to that effect with a workaround.
If the CPU overheat warning is set in the BIOS to any Temperature you will get the random PC Speaker single beeps.
GGTS did say if you change the C state it can stop it.
Obviously turning off the overheat warning in the BIOS stops it.
I was not too happy with that, pressing GGTS further they have basically ended by saying they will be doing nothing about it.
Apparently many other manufacturers have sorted the issue, Gigabyte are dragging behind Here
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Hi and welcome to the forum.
Thanks for sharing that information with us, it was certainly news to me. It does make sense now that you have said it but I wasn't aware of the "solution" and as you say Gigabyte is letting the side down by ignoring another problem. This isn't the first time they have dragged their heels and it doesn't do much for the corporate image with their customers or would be customers. They must start realising that they can't just ignore problems, they need to address them. I do feel that this is a problem that stems from the top management itself and their outlook on business. :(
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Good spot - I'd missed the new bios. F13 only lists improved USB 3 compatibility and F14 improved memory compatibility. Time to experiment!
hello,
did experiments go as you hoped? F14 didn't help my UD4.
but I've read some UD3 owner had luck with F13 (just type "ud3 chirp solved" in google)
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Thanks for the heads up on that. Someone might find it helpful. ;)
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I am getting this issue with the latest F11 firmware. Disabling the overheat alarm causes the beeping to stop.