NP 8660 Beeping

It has never beeped on me until I started playing Crysis (Which runs great most of the time). But when I'm running Crysis I've noticed the computer is producing a faint beeping noise. I'm not sure exactly where its coming from other than it is not the speakers, but I'd love to know why it's beeping and how to make it stop because it's really annoying.

 

Check your temperatures to make sure it's not an alarm that goes off when the system overheats (plus, it's during Crysis, so I'm inclined to go with heat issues even more). (Download CPUID HW Monitor).

 

Game runs fine, even with the beeping, but how hot is overheating hot?

 

I'm not sure and I think this depends on the motherboard. I'd say over 85C-90C for video cards, 75C for CPUs is a conservative low end of "above this it runs fairly hot." Other systems run way higher and shut down from the heat, however For hard drives it would be over 65C = way too hot, but most HDs are rated for 55-60C operational (65C = nonoperation limit).

Otherwise (if it's a hardware and not heat or software issue), the beeping should be consistent regardless of what you're running, unless it's an issue with the software itself or something of the sort. Have you ever frozen during Crysis? (needed a hard system reboot)?

(By the way, the NP8660's normally fine playing this game, especially for CPUs + GPUs, so this isn't a common issue at all).

 

I have not had a hard freeze in Crysis yet, just a few dropped frames here and there.. especially when turning on the spot quickly.

I have had freezes in HL2, but I think that's more a problem with HL2 and there was no beeping. I'm going to try running it with a temp monitor active and see where it's at.

My idle temps for the CPU and GPU are typically around 50C

 

I ran Riva tuner while running crisis and logged the temps.

The HDD peaked at 53C, however the core temp peaked at 77.00C at which point it was beeping.

 

Maybe the computer is trying to tell you something....have you checked if it isnt morse code?

 

It's hungry!

 

Ouch ouch! You might try undervolting the cpus (search these forums for a good guide - reduces energy consumed, keeps cpu performance the same level).

 

umm...53/77C is not really all that hot. My cpu tops out well over that... Remember these processors are rated to 105C Tjmax...

 

Oh, you're right. The desktops are the ones rated at around 70C. I guess I'm used to thinking in terms of desktop chips

 

Yeah, it'd be hot for a desktop chip, you got that right (Rated 75C Tjmax i believe)

 

Actually, while reading NBR's cooling thread ( http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=263039) I came across the 70C+ being a danger zone/overheating for mobile cpus too, so I guess I didn't misremember.

 

Not to bash x2p, but a notebook proc (santa rosa or newer) running at anything up to 80 under load isn't dangerous. All of them are rated to 105C Tjmax as shown on their spec sheets on the intel website

 

But that doesn't mean it's normal and functioning properly.

 

Most gaming laptops get hot. Fact.
So in this case, it pretty much is normal operation to see these processors get in the high 70's under load

 

I dunno, I haven't been able to push mine above 59C after an hour or so of Orthos and after hours and hours of gaming the cores are around mid-high 40s.

 

@tarentum - what laptop are you using?

 

NP8660/M860TU, P8400, 9800GT, 250GB 5400rpm drive, 2GB >.> + Zalman NC2000 (10-13C cooler with it! HD wise). The 59C was without a cooler, and undoubtably the slower CPU is a large factor in the temps. I sort of regret not getting a faster cpu, as the system can handle a higher one temperaturewise easily, but I went for the 'slowest cpu -> coolest system' idea (not that it made a difference for the HD temp at all!)

I wonder what processor Legacy has?