PC Beeping and freezing

[MitjaHD]

My PC freeze after the beep. First i hear beep, then after about 5 seconds everything freeze. Usually when i play games or when i use programs. PC freeze for about 20 seconds, then i can play again, or use my programs. Very anoying, whenever i hear beep i get angry because i know it will freeze again Please help and sorry for bad english.
Windows 7 Home Premium
64bit

 

[TVeblen]

When you say "the beep" some people will confuse that with the normal POST beep some PCs make when first starting up.

It sounds like your PC is already up and running Windows when this problem happens. Is that correct?

Is it just one beep, or multiple beeps?
Does the sound come through your speakers, of from inside the computer case?

 

[MitjaHD]

Yes my PC is already running, only 1 beep. I think from computer case.

 

[TVeblen]

That condition can be caused by the CPU overheating. Or the motherboard settings for minimum fan speed set too high.
But since you are getting a freeze, I would suspect something is actually overheating, setting off the beep alarm.

Can you check your temperatures, either in the BIOS settings or using an application like Speedfan or HWInfo?

 

[MitjaHD]

I don't know a lot about hardware. Here is the picture of HWInfo. Screenshot by Lightshot . Maybe i done something wrong, please tell me what i need to screenshot. Thanks for reply, i thought nobody will care about my post.

 

[TVeblen]

What we are looking for is the temperatures.

Sorry, I made a mistake: the program is called HWMonitor, you can get it here:
HWMONITOR | Softwares | CPUID

But Speedfan is an old favorite:
Download SpeedFan - Access temperature sensor in your computer

Let's see what the temperatures look like, then we can rule that out.

 

[GokAy]

HWInfo is good enough, but you have to select sensors while starting (you can also get sensors running from main program window of HWInfo but at start up is easiest)

 

[MitjaHD]

Ok screenshot by Speedfan, sorry for late replyi was sleeping (GMT +1). OK screenshot: Screenshot by Lightshot . Thanks for support.

 

[TVeblen]

Yes, the time difference will slow response time - that is to be expected.

Your temperatures look good in that screenshot. But what you can do with speedfan is monitor temperatures as you use your computer. It will minimize to the Tray, and if you hover over the icon with the mouse you will see the key temperatures pop up.
So you could check the temps as you play your game. Particularly when you hear the beep. You have that 5 seconds to see if you can read the temps. Look for the GPU temp first.

Another, separate, test would be to disconnect your PC speakers and then play the game. This is to see if the beep is indeed coming from the case or through the speakers.

 

[MitjaHD]

After freeze ends: Screenshot by Lightshot

 

[MitjaHD]

One more screenshot, while i'm playing (battlefield bad comapny 2) Screenshot by Lightshot . There was no freez or beep, but i can see GPU is ...

 

[GokAy]

Those are normal temps for a GPU under load. Nothing alarming

 

[MitjaHD]

Why freez then?

 

[MitjaHD]

Can i maybe see the error details? Maybe in event viewer?

 

[TVeblen]

Do you have any case fans?
Speedfan does not show any, but that could just be because the fan headers are not the type with sensors.

The readings do show high heat, not out of the ordinary heat as GokAy said, but high enough.
You might try running the PC with the sides taken off the case. You could even try placing a house fan to blow directly into the open case.
The test is to see if with additional cooling, the problem goes away.

 

[TVeblen]

Can i maybe see the error details? Maybe in event viewer?

Always a good idea to check Event Viewer. Ignore everything not related to freezing. See if anything obvious stands out.

 

[MitjaHD]

But then I will need to have my PC case 'opened' all the time? sorry for my bad english. But i can tell that here in slovenia is now really hot, always 30+.

 

[TVeblen]

Not always. Just for the test.

If it is determined that the cause is overheating, then my next suggestion would be to add some case fans or get a better (bigger) gaming case. No sense in buying new parts if they will not solve the problem.

EDIT: did this problem start during these hot months? If yes, that would be an important clue.

 

[MitjaHD]

Maybe something like this: http://cdn.overclock.net/e/ec/ec71c3c6_vbattach123445.jpeg . I'm not sure when it starts, but not so long ago.

 

[GokAy]

Well I guess it is possible to set a warning in BIOS for a cooler temp?

Try loading defaults in BIOS.
Then perform a clean startup - http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...ation-conflicts-performing-clean-startup.html
If still get freeze try another user account - http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/181024-user-account-create.html