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Odd PC problem
Bushi
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At random times, my PC freezes and the system speaker lets out a continuous beep until the system's restarted. The system load doesn't seem to matter, as it's happened both under heavy loads and while idling. The system's running Vista with SP 1 installed. Does anyone have any ideas what's up?
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Do you have any parts that you can swap out?
How long can the system run before a crash?
That's the weird thing, it's only happens once every 10-14 days.
Edit: If it only happens once every two weeks, one of your fans may not be starting up on boot. You also need to consider disabling reboot on system failure.
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This will give you the actual failure message in the form of a disgusting blue screen from the 90's. Good news it will help you find the answer.
I don't know your setup and since it only happens once every two weeks, but you could try removing the side of your case and seeing what that does. It will also let you keep an eye on any fans that are not spinning as they should. Many motherboards also have temperature sensors that you can get an app which will hook into and give you the real time temp of different parts of your computer, thus letting you keep an eye on it.
Also a good thing to do if you are savvy enough inside your case for it is to reapply the thermal paste to the CPU.
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Edit: Speedfan is saying my core temp's at 53C, how bad is this?
That's a pretty normal temp. You generally want it below 140 F or 60 C so you are a bit high but still within tolerance. Perhaps sometimes a fan doesn't start or your CPU fan slows down and the temp goes up.
You can try using it with the side off and putting it back on when you walk away and see what kind of temps you get and if you get any freezes.
It may also be the GPU that is heating up. Check to make sure that fan is spinning next time your computer locks up.
You can also try cleaning all the fans out with some compressed air. Just make sure that your computer has been off for a little while before doing that as the cold air from the can coming into contact with the hot components can break things.
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Also, modems and network cards can do the same thing, as there is a small current running along the cable/phone line. I used to have a computer that would actually taze you if you left it on for more than a day and touched the back of the case.