P67 Extreme6 Beeping on Startup/Temp Alert
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Topic: P67 Extreme6 Beeping on Startup/Temp Alert
Posted By: Devikn
Subject: P67 Extreme6 Beeping on Startup/Temp Alert
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2015 at 3:01am
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Hello guys, I've tried looking up here on the forums for any situation close to this one but I couldnt find, so I'm sorry if by any reason there is any topic like that here. I bought my ASRock P67 Extreme6 about 2 years ago, and since then, everytime I turn my computer on, it does 30 short loud annoying beeps. I didnt think there was any issue in that since I never had any further hardware/software issues during all that time. In the past months, due to high weather temperatures and some heavy games I started to play, such as Battlefield 4 and Witcher 3, I noticed the beeps would start whenever my CPU temperature hit 122F/50C, like it was a temperature warning thing that triggered the beeping. I went to BIOS and looked up on every available option and couldnt find anything related to temperature alerts or the annoying beeps. I want to find a way to fix/stop these beeps since its being impossible to use the computer at night, as the 30-continuous loud short beeps would wake up everybody. Does anyone knows if the 30-beeps at the startup is normal? How to disable them, or at least change the temperature warning to a higher temperature? Thank you guys! Ill provide any required and necessary info!
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Posted By: Tomkin
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2015 at 12:54pm
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I would try to Remove the Ram and reinstall it. Could be that one of them are not seatet properly. What about the CPU Coolingng Fan, does it start when you switch on your PC? Regards Tomkin ------------- Asrock Z77 Pro4-M Zotac Geforce GTX 1070 I7-3770@4,2GHZ 16GB DDR3 1600 1 X Toshiba SSD 450 GB OS/Games 2 X PNY SSD 240 GB Games 1 X Samsung 1 TB DATA |
Posted By: parsec
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2015 at 4:41pm
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Really, 30 beeps? That is not normal at all. The PC then boots fine, right? Have you ever tried clearing the BIOS/CMOS to stop the beeping? Your board has a Dr. Debug POST code display. You should watch that display when you start the PC, and try to write down what code you see when the beeps occur. I would hope it would stay on one code, but it might not. If the codes keep changing during the beeping, does one code seem to be displayed longer than the others? The source of the beeping is another question. Your board has a header/connector for the small beep code speaker. The speaker is not built into the board, it must be connected by the owner. That connector is in the lower right corner of the board, item 26 in this picture:  If there is the beep speaker connected to this connector, you can simply remove the speaker to solve the noise problem of the beeps. If you do not have a beep speaker connected to that connector, something else is beeping. Simply removing the beep speaker does not identify the real cause of the beeping, of course. A few video cards can beep, what video card are you using? The CPU temperature of 122F/50C is well below the maximum of a Sandy or Ivy Bridge CPU. I did not see anything in the manual about a BIOS setting that would cause beeps, although BIOS updates can change options and the manuals are rarely updated. If your CPU was over heating, the PC would simply shut off. We have zero information about your PC besides the mother board. Please list your BIOS version, CPU, memory type including full manufacture and model number, and which memory slots are being used. Also the PSU, video card(s), drives, and any other major hardware that you use. ------------- http://valid.x86.fr/48rujh" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2015 at 4:59pm
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Also, what specific P67 Extreme6 do you have there? I ask 'cuz there's a P67 Extreme6 (B3 Chipset) that has the Dr Debug leds that might shine some light on this. |
Posted By: Devikn
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2015 at 2:32am
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Sorry for the late reply guys, ill try to provide what was asked:
Thanks for the reply Tomkin. I eventually had to clean my RAM for some times before and the beeps never stopped or changed. They are seated properly. The fan does start when my computer is turned on, I also use Speed Fan to increase its speed when the supposed "temperature alarm" beeps goes off.
Hello parsec, thanks for your reply! Yeah, 30 short beeps, I managed to count it since yesterday the beeps started to sound everytime the CPU temperature went over 122F/50C degrees, it happened like 10 times. The PC does boots fine, never had any problem with it. Nope, I never tried to clear the BIOS/CMOS im not quite sure how to do it, but ill try to look up for it.
Unfortunatelly my Video Card is covering the Dr Debug display making it impossible to see what codes are being shown. I cant move my Video Card since its way too big and the only available spot is the one by the Dr Debug display. Is there any other way I can check the code, such as a software or any alternative to the display? I believe that if I take my GPU out to check the display, I would get a 0d or d6 error code.
I checked the speaker connector and it is connected to a mini speaker, so it certainly seems to be the Motherboard. I could remove it, but like you said, we wouldnt be able to identify the problem.
I have a Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270x 2GB GDDR5 256-bit PCI Express 3.0, but i dont think the beeps are coming from it, since I had a previous different Radeon video card and the computer beeped the same way. Well, that is what I could notice on the temperature display, whenever it went over 122F/50C the beeping would start as it was like a Temperature-Warning alert, something that could happen before the PC shutting off due to the high temperature. What seems odd tho, is that my previous Radeon Video Card had a cooling issue and then it would overheat making my computer turn off without any beeps.
I had to update my BIOS when I bought a new video card in order to use it, but i dont remember what version it was before. Here we go: BIOS = American Megatrends Inc. P2.10 Date: 05/08/2012 Ver: 04.06.05 / SMBIOS 2.7 CPU = Intel Core i5 2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz (4 CPUs) ~ 3101 MHz RAM = 2x GEIL Enhance CORSA Single Channel 4GB(8GB Total) CL9-99 DDR3-1333MHz 1.5V on Slots #1 and #3 PSU = OCZ StealthXStream2 - 700W Video Card = GIGABYTE AMD Radeon R9 270x 2GB /Driver Version: 15.300 Model WDDM 1.1 DirectX 11 HDs = 2x 500GB Seagate Barracuda ST3500630AS 7200.10 3.5" Im using a Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bits version OS Thats basically everything. Let me know if you need any more info, such as a DXDiag or MSInfo file. Thanks!
Hello wardog, thanks for the reply! Here is everything I know about my motherboard: ASRock P67 Extreme6 Intel Sandy Bridge with DDR3 memory technology slots and 64MB AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI Support its basically the same on the layout parsec posted, like from this link: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/P67%20Extreme6/index.us.asp" rel="nofollow - http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/P67%20Extreme6/index.us.asp Mine does have the B3 Chipset, but unfortunatelly my Video Card covers the whole Dr Debug display making it impossible to see anything. I am unable to move my Video Card since the HDs would be on the way if i tried any of the other slots, being the slot by Dr Debug's display the only one available for it. |
Tomkin wrote:Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2015 at 5:59pm
Knowing what is displayed on Dr Debug would be invaluable to you in regards to us helping. Can you disconnect/remove a HDD or two foir this? You don't need to boot into the OS, just press DELETE and get into the BIOS. Enough to see what's displayed? < id="kpm_plugin" ="application/x-KPMPlugin">
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Posted By: Devikn
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2015 at 9:22am
Sorry for the late reply, I had some trouble after re-positioning the video card, but I was able to read Dr Debug's display. The sequence of codes are: 08-15-20-55-36-4F-88-72-9A-96-62-99-64-92-A2-A3 I had to record the display in order to read that sequence, some numbers like 08-15-88-72-9A and 92 flashed way too quickly, so Im not quite sure if they are correct. The ones staying on the display for the longest (1 or more secs) were: 4F-96-62-99-64-A2 and A3, being 64 the longest. I can upload a video with Dr Debug's display and the beeping it makes when I turn the computer on if needed. Thanks for now.
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Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2015 at 2:46pm
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Post codes will cycle at every boot, they represent the startup procedures for the board. An error is indicated by a code that remains displayed and halts post. In your situation the error is obviously resolving and post is continuing. When 64 is displayed, is that when the beeping starts or does the beeping begin on another code? 64 is a CPU initialization process so you may want to remove, clean and reseat your CPU. It could also be your power supply sending dirty current to the system, this can easily cause overheating and component initialization errors. Try checking the system with a different PSU and if that fails then reseat the CPU. Good luck
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Posted By: parsec
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2015 at 3:20pm
I included the system specs from an earlier post in this post for reference. As we know, the PC boots into Windows, so POST does not stop the start up process with a fatal error. Looking at the sequence of POST codes (thanks for that, a lot of work) we see an A3 at the end, the typical storage drive initialization being done, and POST is complete. As you recall, during the sequence of codes you recorded, when does the 30 beeps begin? Approximately of course, the best you can recall. If it is before or after the display of codes, please say so. IF we assume the longest displayed code MIGHT be the problem, that being 64, that is the wonderfully ambiguous chipset initialization error. The generic cure for that is clear the CMOS/BIOS, which I suggested in general earlier. No video of the POST codes is necessary, since you are not getting a fatal error during POST, which stops with the code of the process being run. Your reply to my question about clearing the BIOS/CMOS (you don't know how to do that) means the only time anything like that happened is when you did any BIOS updates. Any time you add or change major hardware, like a CPU, memory (or just changing the memory slots used), video card, or even change the connection of drives in the SATA ports, you really should clear the BIOS. Otherwise data in the BIOS becomes confused and can cause problems. The Clear CMOS jumper is next to the battery on the board, item 32 in the picture from your manual I posted. There is also a clrCMOS button on the board's IO panel. Before using either, the PC is shutdown, the PSU switch is turned off, and the AC power cord is unplugged either from the PSU or the AC outlet. Use the clrCMOS button, very easy to do. After doing what I described above, press and hold the clrCMOS button for several seconds. You can do that several times, or hold the button down longer. The other method is to open the PC case, move the jumper on the clear CMOS header from pins 1 and 2, to pins 2 and 3, and leave it there for at least a minute. Move the jumper back to pins 1 and 2 to complete the process. Don't forget that a BIOS/CMOS clear sets ALL the BIOS options back to their default values. If you have set and need certain not default BIOS settings, you must set those again in the BIOS. Given the new system spec information, I have a few comments about that. You are using BIOS version 2.10, which is the Ivy Bridge processor compatibility update version. That adds Ivy Bridge CPU compatibility to a Sandy Bridge chipset board. You are using a Sandy Bridge processor, an i5-2400. That is fine to do as long as this update is done correctly. That includes updating the Intel IME software/driver to Intel Management Engine driver ver:8.0.2.141, in the Windows 7 download area. Since the board beeped before this update, it could not cause the problem. I don't understand why this BIOS update was needed for your video card. Nothing in the description includes anything about video card compatibility updates. You said your video card covered the Dr Debug display, which means you have it in the PCIE4 slot. Must be a long card that hit the SATA ports if used in the PCIE2 slot? That still seems strange to me, given the SATA ports layout. Otherwise it is a standard two slot high card. The PCIE4 slot is an x8 electrical slot, so your card is running at PCIe 2.0 x8. Only the PCIE2 slot is x16 electrically. The Geil memory listed in your board's memory compatibility list was not the same as the Geil Corsa memory you have. That memory may be semi-compatible with your system. ------------- http://valid.x86.fr/48rujh" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2015 at 3:40pm
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The more I think about that number of beeps and what might be causing it it may well be your PSU. Or a HDD. Both known to beep continuously. You say beeping. Is it more a screeching beep vs a mechanical beep. Can you upload a recording of this beeping? |
Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2015 at 3:44pm
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Hmmmm, take a sturdy plastic handled screwdriver, the longer the better, and pressing one end to the PSU and to each HDD, press the plastic handle up against your ear and listen while this beeping is going on. You should be able to determine/isolate just what the heck is beeping this way. |
Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2015 at 3:45pm
Safely, so as you don't risk shorting something out while it is running. |
Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2015 at 4:57pm
That is genius  My mother in law used to be a doctor so I have the benefit of an old stethoscope for situations like this but a screwdriver resonating will do the job nicely. I am leaning toward PSU too but if the beeping isn't coming from the post speaker then a hard disk having trouble spinning up and initializing could also be the culprit, I have heard mechanical drives make all kinds of weird sounds when they are starting to go bad so that is a good point too. It is easy enough to eliminate the HDDs, just disconnect them from your board and the PSU and see if you still get beeps.
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Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2015 at 12:58am
Takes a bow, allthewhile looking for someone to press the Thanks button  |
Posted By: Devikn
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2015 at 3:53am
Hello Xaltar, thanks for your reply and suggestions! The beeping starts as soon as I press the power button, so there is no specific code that triggers the beeping. I cleaned and reseated the CPU when I checked on Dr Debug yesterday since I had to re-apply a bit of Thermal Grease on it. Im not sure if its the PSU since I recall having an old PSU running on the same Motherboard and the beeps being the same as they are today.
I uploaded a video showing the Dr Debug's display and the beeping exactly when it happens on startup. http://youtu.be/WDmV8vv72LI???" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/WDmV8vv72LI Ill try your screwdriver method lol, but anyway the video is uploaded so you guys can know exactly how the beeping sounds like. I didnt see the Thanks button since im new on the forum, ill make sure to thank you guys for the effort trying to solve my problem 
The beeps starts as soon as I turn the computer on, the exact moment when the codes are being displayed. About the BIOS Update, I happened a while ago, and im not precisely sure if the beepings started after or if they were happening before that as well, but ill surely try to clear my BIOS and post the updates here as soon as I can, thanks for the directions on how to do it.
Ill try updating the IME to that version, since I was unable to find which driver version mine is. I recall the motherboard not recognizing the video card when I bought it. I did clean the slots and contacts but nothing happened. I remember looking into some forums where they suggested the BIOS version not being "updated" enough to recognize my video card, so I updated it and it worked like magic. It been over 2 years ago so i dont remember exactly where I read that info.
Yep its seated on the PCIE4 slot. On the video I uploaded I had it seated on the PCIE2 slot, but for some reason it wasnt being recognized by the system. Since i have always used it on the PCIE4 slot, I suppose the PCIE2 slot is dirty/dusty since it was exposed during all that time, but ill try placing it back on PCIE2 once I get a Contact Cleaner Spray to clean it. I didnt know there was a difference between the PCIE4 and PCIE2 slots, since I always used my Video Card on 4. Well, I never had any issues with the Geil memory sticks other than malfunctions due to dust, which were solved with an eraser wipe on the contacts. Ill try cleaning the CMOS following the directions you gave me and as soon as I can ill post the updates here. Thanks once again for your help! |
Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2015 at 4:02am
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For starters, now would be as good a time as any to clean EVERYTHING ! Especially if there's enough in a PCIe slot that it concerned/worried you. There is really no point in continuing here until that is done. |
Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2015 at 4:42am
| I agree with Wardog, and remember to clean out your PSU as well, just be careful to blow all the dust out of it and make sure the fan is spinning freely. |
Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2015 at 4:44am
| One more thing I just thought of, try another keyboard. A stuck key during bootup will also cause a rapidly repeating beep. |
Posted By: Devikn
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2015 at 7:19am
I totally cleaned the dust off everything on the computer, I usually do it once a month but i ran out of Contact Cleaner Spray to clean the PCIE2 Slot of my motherboard so I dont think its related to dust/cleaning. I use a thin brush to clean the fan and a vacummer for everything else. Also an eraser to wipe the contacts clean, unless its a slot where the eraser would be unreachable, what is the situation of my PCIE2 Slot. Everything else is clean.
Its not the keyboard. I used three different keyboard along all this time, and the current one is new so im sure there is no stuck key. |
Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2015 at 3:50pm
That's using your noggin.  Good thinking. |