Hi, I’m having an issue with weird alarm sound during the boot process. These are the computer specs (hackintosh):
- Gigabyte SKT-1155 Z77-DS3H
- Intel i7-3770K + Cooling – Noctua NH-L12
- GeForce GTX 660 SC 2GB GDDR5
- 4x8GB DDR3 1600 Mhz
- Corsair Builder Series CXM 750W
- 1x 128GB SSD + 2x 3TB 7200
Here you can see a video showing what’s happening on startup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrbJ0Rn7iLM
There are two things you will notice on that video:
1. Radiator on CPU starts spinning, then stops and then starts spinning again – is this normal?
2. Scary short alarm sound!
Alarm sound wasn’t there until I added 2x8 GB RAM sticks to the existing 2x8GB two days ago. So 2x8GB RAM – no issues; 3 or 4x8G RAM – short alarm sound during the boot. System recognises memory fine in BIOS and once it boots, also CPU temps are pretty low whenever I check (below 50c on high load). The radiator on CPU used to behave like that earlier (stops for a second after initial whirl) but there was never an alarm sound on startup. BTW BIOS is set up to raise alarm whenever CPU temp goes above 80c.
Also I tried different RAM configurations and this is what I noticed:
- 4x8GB – alarm sound every time
- 3x8GB - alarm sound goes off roughly every second time
- 2x8GB - no alarm sound
Any ides what’s going on? I’m really worried about the CPU and I don’t understand how more RAM triggers the alarm more often. Or maybe the alarm rings because of another issue? Any hints would be greatly appreciated!
- Gigabyte SKT-1155 Z77-DS3H
- Intel i7-3770K + Cooling – Noctua NH-L12
- GeForce GTX 660 SC 2GB GDDR5
- 4x8GB DDR3 1600 Mhz
- Corsair Builder Series CXM 750W
- 1x 128GB SSD + 2x 3TB 7200
Here you can see a video showing what’s happening on startup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrbJ0Rn7iLM
There are two things you will notice on that video:
1. Radiator on CPU starts spinning, then stops and then starts spinning again – is this normal?
2. Scary short alarm sound!
Alarm sound wasn’t there until I added 2x8 GB RAM sticks to the existing 2x8GB two days ago. So 2x8GB RAM – no issues; 3 or 4x8G RAM – short alarm sound during the boot. System recognises memory fine in BIOS and once it boots, also CPU temps are pretty low whenever I check (below 50c on high load). The radiator on CPU used to behave like that earlier (stops for a second after initial whirl) but there was never an alarm sound on startup. BTW BIOS is set up to raise alarm whenever CPU temp goes above 80c.
Also I tried different RAM configurations and this is what I noticed:
- 4x8GB – alarm sound every time
- 3x8GB - alarm sound goes off roughly every second time
- 2x8GB - no alarm sound
Any ides what’s going on? I’m really worried about the CPU and I don’t understand how more RAM triggers the alarm more often. Or maybe the alarm rings because of another issue? Any hints would be greatly appreciated!
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