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Old 10-24-2006, 07:10 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Have had some computer problems recently, mainly my motherboard sets off an audio alarm at random times. It doesn't give a post code or any sort of error and it just occurs at any time whether in windows or not, or turned on 10 hours ago or 2 minutes ago.

I hadn't been able to find any pattern until just now. I am reinstalling windows, and I get an error that some files are missing (because Im using winLite). If I leave one of these errors up for about 10 second without hitting OK, the alarm goes off. What's more, when I DO hit OK, the alarm stops.

I can't find anyone whose seen this problem before, and I am clueless where to start figuring out what hardware is messed up.

Can anyone please help???
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Try using a full windows xp install cd instead of lite because the lite versions tend to have problems and see if the problem goes away
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Old 10-25-2006, 09:04 PM   #3 (permalink)
 
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you called it, thanks

has been working for awhile with the full install, but i first started getting these alarms before i ever had tried winLite. i wonder if thats just a coincidence
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possible hardware failure in the future
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