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 i

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.

2003-10-12 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 than

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 respons

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 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 h

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'

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

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