Computer Noise when Multiboxing.

[Dzonatan]

Here is the video with shows the noise im experiencing when playing WoW:
http://img190.imageshack.us/i/testmth.mp4/

Facts that could designate diagnosis:
- It started recently 2 or 3 days ago, only site I visit WoW EU forums.
- I opened the PC and vaccumed the fans but it didnt made any diffrence since the noise remains.
- It only starts when I play 5 WoWs.
- Oddly enough if I minimize them or tab to Mozilla for WoW Head after some time the noise stops.
- Same occurs when i minimize my main center window with Ultra settings. I tried to set them on lowest as well but the noise still remains.
- Sometimes I find "interface error because of an addon" Message on all my WoWs caused by Quest Helper.
- It stars when I get to populated area, even a mob camp triggers this noise.
- Area under the Power Supply is very warm.
- I also tried regedit and switched the value to "no" in HKEY_CURRENT_USER/ Control Panel/ Sound/Beep.

[Sajuuk]

Is the beeping consistent? (do the beeps repeat?)

The closest thing I could find regarding eight short beeps and one long beep was:


One Long and Eight Short Beeps Display/Retrace Test Failure

Source: http://gingersnap.org/beeps.htm
However, I think that site is referring to POST beeps, so I'm not sure if it applies.



- Oddly enough if I minimize them or tab to Mozilla for WoW Head after some time the noise stops.
- Same occurs when i minimize my main center window with Ultra settings. I tried to set them on lowest as well but the noise still remains.
It starts when I get to populated area, even a mob camp triggers this noise.

That could indicate that it's a graphics issue. Do you have a spare graphics card you could pop in?


And...isn't the static electricity generated by a vacuum's airflow harmful to electronics? (Not sure, would think so)

Gief system specs! =D

[Dzonatan]

Is the beeping consistent? (do the beeps repeat?)

The closest thing I could find regarding eight short beeps and one long beep was:



One Long and Eight Short Beeps Display/Retrace Test Failure

Source: http://gingersnap.org/beeps.htm
However, I think that site is referring to POST beeps, so I'm not sure if it applies.



- Oddly enough if I minimize them or tab to Mozilla for WoW Head after some time the noise stops.
- Same occurs when i minimize my main center window with Ultra settings. I tried to set them on lowest as well but the noise still remains.
It starts when I get to populated area, even a mob camp triggers this noise.

That could indicate that it's a graphics issue. Do you have a spare graphics card you could pop in?


And...isn't the static electricity generated by a vacuum's airflow harmful to electronics? (Not sure, would think so)

Gief system specs! =DGForce GTX 260 896 MB Graphic Card
AMD Phenom 2 x3 710 2.60GHz Processor
Vista 64 OS
8GB Ram
Corsair VX 550W Power Supply
GIGABYTE MA770-UD3 Mother Board

The beeping sound is trully random sometimes it hold as long as I have main window up, sometimes its modual, but most of the time it is like in the video.

[Aarelan]

Might be an over temp alarm.

If so, the reason it happens when you box is because it's probably the only time you hit the CPU that hard.

Are the fans and stuff all turning as they should?

[Dzonatan]

Might be an over temp alarm.

If so, the reason it happens when you box is because it's probably the only time you hit the CPU that hard.

Are the fans and stuff all turning as they should?Now that you mention it I do tend to have no mercy and burn my PC on multiboxing for 16+ hours everyday. I only leave it turned off once I go to sleep.

[DrChaos]

Turn on your computer. when the beeping starts, write them down as to what they are. IE: short beep, short beep, long beep, long beep, short beep. then go to the website of your manufacturer and see if they have "Beep Codes". Or do a search on google for Dell beep codes or Asus beep codes. Whatever your system is.