Computer Beep Codes

Zulu · 26 Apr 2013 at 12:41

http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm

Whilst the computer has successfully booted up, it is randomly making a single beep noise.

My computer is also regularly blue screening and the event viewer shows these 4 events in the last 24 hours from the source "kernel-power".

The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.

- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" />
<EventID>41</EventID>
<Version>2</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>63</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-04-26T11:26:16.148425800Z" />
<EventRecordID>31845</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Sean-PC</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data Name="BugcheckCode">36</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0x1904fb</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0xfffff8800318c758</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0xfffff8800318bfb0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0xfffff880012c6c59</Data>
<Data Name="SleepInProgress">false</Data>
<Data Name="PowerButtonTimestamp">0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

Could this be down to a faulty PSU? It's a 500w EarthWatts one from 2009

Idleman · 26 Apr 2013 at 12:43

What`s the rest of your system spec?

Zulu · 26 Apr 2013 at 12:53

Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H Intel H55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 microATX Motherboard
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail
Asus GeForce GTX 460 1024MB DirectCU GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Geil Black Dragon 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Triple Channel (GB36GB1333C9TC)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS)

peripherals include.

2 LCD displays
Razer Lycosa Keyboard
Razer DeathAdder

wazza300 · 26 Apr 2013 at 13:04

using latest bios? heres latest beta bios,you can flash back if it doesn't fix things

http://www.mediafire.com/?abb80enw0ly3hqh GA-H55M-UD2H - F12c

kernel power just means the pc shut down unexpectedly

are you stock or overclocked? you might need a touch more qpi/vtt,maybe 1.2v

if you flash the bios it will reset any overclock/bios settings so make a note beforehand

DaleTheWhale · 26 Apr 2013 at 13:05

Single beep noise is normal? My BIOS make's a single beep and then passes over to the OS.

Regarding the blue screens, test your RAM with Mem-test and see if it runs stable using Prime95, do you have another PSU to use?

Idleman · 26 Apr 2013 at 13:25

You could also try running the system without the 460 in and see if it still Bluescreens.

Zulu · 26 Apr 2013 at 13:46

ThaReaperGuy said:
Single beep noise is normal? My BIOS make's a single beep and then passes over to the OS.

The computer boots fine. It will randomly make the single beep noise after Windows has loaded.

honosuseri · 26 Apr 2013 at 14:25

Zulu said:
The computer boots fine. It will randomly make the single beep noise after Windows has loaded.

Download a bootdisk like Hiren or ultimatebootcd and run a memtest. I have seen systems in the past continously beep and that was from faulty RAM but the system still booted.

Welcome to troubleshooting hell, if you don't have a bootdisk already get one. It makes the diagnosing process much easier.

DaleTheWhale · 26 Apr 2013 at 15:18

^ Best advice you could give, UltimateBootCD is awesome.

Fire_fly · 26 Apr 2013 at 15:26

Also get a program such as WhoCrashed that will go through the error files generated by the BSOD and may be able to point you in thew directions of what is causing them.