Strange alarm

[timrodss]

im getting an alarm sound coming from my tower,used to be totally random and didnt happen that often,now i cant play a game for more then twenty minutes without it going off.it hasnt affected anything visually on screen or anything,its just annoying and loud and wont stop until i shut down and restart.anyone have a clue what this is?its not because of overheating either,its cool to the touch and fan is working properly

 

[Kraynor]

Probably a temperature warning. Go into your BIOS and see what temp's it's set to go off at. Your heatsink might feel cool, but that's mainly because it's doing its job - transferring heat away from a warm source.

Download a CPU temp monitoring program that lets you view a graph over time or log the temps to a file. SpeedFan does this, I think. Load it up, then go gaming for a while. If the alarm goes off, alt+tab out and check your temps.

If the alarm's going off at ~50-60, then adjust it to 70 in your BIOS, or disable it completely if you're confident with your cooling (I wouldn't recommend doing this, the warning's a good failsafe if your CPU fan fails).

 

[jsc]

... its not because of overheating either,its cool to the touch and fan is working properly

Kraynor is probably right. If the thermal alarm is set to 50 or 60 C., the motherboard thinks that it is overheating. I have the thermal alarms set to 70 C. on my motherboards.

And if it didn't do this before, and now the alarm is is more frequent, it may be a sign that you need to clear the dust out of your computer.

 

[timrodss]

Probably a temperature warning. Go into your BIOS and see what temp's it's set to go off at. Your heatsink might feel cool, but that's mainly because it's doing its job - transferring heat away from a warm source.

Download a CPU temp monitoring program that lets you view a graph over time or log the temps to a file. SpeedFan does this, I think. Load it up, then go gaming for a while. If the alarm goes off, alt+tab out and check your temps.

If the alarm's going off at ~50-60, then adjust it to 70 in your BIOS, or disable it completely if you're confident with your cooling (I wouldn't recommend doing this, the warning's a good failsafe if your CPU fan fails).

thanks i really appreciate the help.the problem is i have only basic knowledge of computers,i can certainly follow directions i f you woulldnt mind kind of breaking it down step by step for me starting with how i even get into my BIOS.any help is good thanks again.