Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.

2003-10-13 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 12, 2003 09:49 pm, Aidan Holmes wrote: Thank you all for your help with this issue. I can now confirm that it's definately CPU overheating due to the fan stopping. I left the case off, and then left the computer 'till I heard the alarm

Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby

2003-10-13 Thread ed tharp
On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 12:13, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Monday October 13 2003 10:16 am, Aidan Kristy Holmes wrote: I don't think I have done any damage to the chip, as all seems to be running properly and reliably. I could easily have done in the early days though, I used to just let it run

Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.

2003-10-12 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:34:36 +0800 Aidan Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 11 October 2003 11:33 pm, Charlie M. wrote: Thanks Jerry and Charlie for your responses. I am very new to linux, and so I wouldn't have a clue how to see if I have gkrellm and lm_sensors running, but I'll

Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.

2003-10-12 Thread ed tharp
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 07:03, Jerry Barton wrote: On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:34:36 +0800 Aidan Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 11 October 2003 11:33 pm, Charlie M. wrote: Thanks Jerry and Charlie for your responses. I am very new to linux, and so I wouldn't have a clue how to see

Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.

2003-10-12 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 12, 2003 05:52 am, ed tharp wrote: [..] just a guess, the fan is spinning down to save power, but the CPU is not going all the way to sleep. (zombies?) You beat me to that one Ed. (-: He said he's a total noob though so you may want to

Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.

2003-10-12 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday October 12 2003 06:52 am, ed tharp wrote: On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 07:03, Jerry Barton wrote: On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:34:36 +0800 Aidan Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 11 October 2003 11:33 pm, Charlie M. wrote: Thanks Jerry and Charlie for your responses. I am

Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.

2003-10-12 Thread Aidan Holmes
Thank you all for your help with this issue. I can now confirm that it's definately CPU overheating due to the fan stopping. I left the case off, and then left the computer 'till I heard the alarm again. Upon my return, the cpu fan had stopped, and the heatsink was too hot to touch for more

Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.

2003-10-11 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 11, 2003 06:09 am, Aidan Holmes wrote: Can anybody tell me what the annoying (and constant) dee-dah dee-dah dee-dah sound my computer is making is caused by??? it comes on once the computer has been left idle for a while. I haven't timed

Re: [newbie] annoying alarm on standby.

2003-10-11 Thread Jerry Barton
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:09:29 +0800 Aidan Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anybody tell me what the annoying (and constant) dee-dah dee-dah dee-dah sound my computer is making is caused by??? I used to get that. I replaced the fan on my CPU and found that it doesn't do it anymore. Try