Author Topic: Comp beeping and poor FPS (Read 463 times)

coop2 · « **on:** January 02, 2003, 12:40:54 AM »

Ok, onto my next problem with my new comp. First off let me start with the specs:

Abit Be-7
Pentium 4 1.8 OC'ed to 2.7
256 pc3200 ram
Radeon 9000 pro 128
IBM Deskstar 20 gig HD
Soundblaster Live 5.1
DX 9

Shortly after installing everything in the system I log onto AH to see how quick the system is. To my amazement I was only gettting about 53-55 FPS in the tower, and not much better in the planes (these are about the same speeds I was getting with my old amd xp 1500 comp). I was expecting to be running in the hundreds easily. Another thing that happens is the computer beeps about every 15-30 seconds. The beebs sound like a european police car and seem to happen whenever the system gets put under some sort of stress i.e smoke or an explosion. The same stuff happens when I play Medal of Honor as well.

####################### I just noticed that my computer thinks that my video card is in a PCI slot when in reality it is in the AGP slot. Does anybody know why it is doing this?#######################

Do any of you guys have any idea what the problem might be? This is the first time I have ever owned an overclocked machine and I do not really know what to do. I think the people I bought the system from may have pushed the computer past its limits.

In the bios it says the CPU is at 147 d/f and the system is at 140 d/f.

Also, I forgot to unistal the drivers that were on my hard drive that used to be on my old system. They were for a nvidia geforce 2 mx 440. Do you think that they might be messing something up?

thanks

coop

sprint · « **Reply #1 on:** January 02, 2003, 12:48:19 AM »

I forgot to unistal the drivers that were on my hard drive that used to be on my old system. They were for a nvidia geforce 2 mx 440. Do you think that they might be messing something up?

YES

No idea about beeping tho

sprint

Shamus · « **Reply #2 on:** January 02, 2003, 08:46:06 AM »

I have found it best when building a new system, to forget the overclock untill you get everything running right, also that does seem to be a very agressive OC.

shamus

jonnyb · « **Reply #3 on:** January 02, 2003, 11:25:56 AM »

Jacking your system up to 2.7 from a 1.8 chip is asking for trouble. Your hardware monitor is reporting that your CPU is running at 147o? That's not a good sign. You're burning that processor. Whoever built that computer for you should never have tried to push that kind of speed out of the processor without appropriate cooling. The beeping you are hearing may be some sort of alarm warning you of the high temperature of your CPU. Just as an example, I have an Athlon XP 2000+. At stock speed, the average temperature of my CPU is 102o. Under full load, that temperature rises to about 109.

I suggest bringing everything back to stock. If this is an old hard drive, make a backup of all your important data, format it and reinstall the OS and other needed software. Currently, you've got drivers for an nvidia-based board, yet you are running an ATI board now. Who knows what other garbage is hanging around that is causing you problems.

Your framerate is usually locked to the refresh rate of your monitor. If you're running at 60Hz, you won't be able to exceed 60 fps unless you disable v-sync, or run your monitor at a higher refresh rate.

Ike 2K# · « **Reply #4 on:** January 02, 2003, 12:09:21 PM »

downlad ATI refresh rate fix at http://www.majorgeeks.com./showfiles.php?cat=22&PHPSESSID=346a3cd6256d0b1010802820f5404e8d

coop2 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 02, 2003, 12:27:29 PM »

Ok. How do I crank it back down? Do I go through the bios or something? When the time comes to tweak it once again what do you guys think would be a good speed to leave it at 2.5?? This sounds like it is gonna take a while to fix. Im gonna go and start burning all the programs I need to keep. I would really appreciate any further help you guys can offer!!

Do you guys have any idea why the computer is reading my video card in my PCI slot instead of my VGA?

Should I call and complain to the people who OC'ed to computer too much??

thanks

coop

DAVENRINO · « **Reply #6 on:** January 02, 2003, 01:19:29 PM »

Ditto what everyone else above said. MB could be throttling CPU down due to high temp. You didn't mention what OS. If you are using a HD that used to be in an AMD machine, you should definitely reformat and start over. I do that even when changing from one AMD MB to another. If you don't have any way to save important stuff on HD then buy a new one and use the old one as secondary. Once you get everything stable you could try the overclock again but maybe with improved cooling.
DJ229

sparkzz · « **Reply #7 on:** January 02, 2003, 01:46:52 PM »

Before you unclock the cpu you should go to Abit website and check for updates of the bios for the motherboard. 140 deg. system temp is rediculously high. If thats a correct reading, than you dont live on this planet. There is only a 7 deg. difference which suggests to me that the cpu is not overheating, but instead the hardware monitor is reporting a false reading. This is most likely where your beeps are coming from. (i.e. when under load the cpu heats up a bit- thus setting off warning beeps. However its really not that hot because the hardware monitor is reading falsely.)
On a side note.. A large number of the 1.8A P4s were actually 2.2/2.4 P4s sold as a 1.8 due to better than expected production yields. Which is why they overclock so well.

Did a quick check of the Abit forums. Your board does read the temps incorrectly. Couldnt find any mention of a fix yet though.

Sparkzz.. aka Stubb

coop2 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 02, 2003, 06:33:19 PM »

Ok. I will go a reformat my whole drive and throw a fresh version of XP on there as well.

Do you you guys have any idea as to why my framerate isn't as good as it should be? Is it possible that some old drivers are still sitting around and messing things up??

If the beeping continues, should I just unplug the speaker that connects to the mobo???

thanks

coop

DAVENRINO · « **Reply #9 on:** January 02, 2003, 06:43:38 PM »

Before you reinstall, make sure you save all your settings/films/terrains/sights folders somewhere on your floppy or CD. Makes reinstall so easy. I do a full uninstall/reinstall with every patch and then install latest Mitsu sound pack. It takes all of 5 minutes
DJ229

Hajo · « **Reply #10 on:** January 02, 2003, 07:22:17 PM »

Coop.......read the manual that came with the MOBO. It will tell you what series of beeps are. One beep usually means system boots ok......there are a series of beeps that warn of problems with the video card. And what you are describing sounds like your MOBO is telling you the CPU is to hot! And from what you described it sounds like your mobo is telling you your CPU is hot.

Overclocking......fun to do but not necessary. No matter how well you cool your CPU, Vid card, if you overclock it you shorten it's life span. Its designed to run at a set speed. When you overclock you're surely damaging your equipment, even though you get it cooled to an acceptable temperature. If ya gotta overclock...you've bought the wrong CPU.

eagl · « **Reply #11 on:** January 02, 2003, 08:07:08 PM »

That's a pretty high overclock, and it sure sounds like cpu throttling to prevent it from cooking. There are two things to try:

Get a better heatsink/fan or go with water cooling. Many new heatsinks allow you to mount an 80mm fan instead of a 60mm fan to get more airflow without making your computer sound like a blender. Visit some overclocking websites like http://www.hardocp.com and look at their heatsink/fan reviews.

Don't overclock so high.

No kidding, if you have ANY system malfunctions, the first thing to do is to back all hardware down to manufacturer specs and start from there.