Any ideas wth is going on?

[Nemo]

Past few days now, once a day (well twice today), my computer has been crashing, and then keeps on crashing every time i start it up for like 10-15 minutes. Its REALLY annoying. i set my pc to default settings (not a system restore or a factory setting reset, just the bios) and that screwed up a few things but i restarted it and everything seems normal again.

Oh also when it crashes, it makes a really strange like bepbepbepbepbep noise in my headset. Computer does make any strange noises. Any ideas what this could be?

[Nemo]

Im thinking it could be outdated drivers now actually. Not really knowledgable on drivers, but could outdated drivers cause stuff like this? Ive also noticed its only when im doing stuff full screen

[David]

Whats your OS?
When's the last time you formatted?
Have any Anti-Virus?
Any dodgy downloads?

Try System Restore (That's not formatting, but booting from last backup, like last updates.
And if the noise is bugging you, you could try disabling that particular sound through Control Panel > Sound > Sounds Tab.

If it's full screen games that causes it, try updating your flash plugins, or even re-installing.

Also when it crashes & does the beep beep noise, does it show any on-screen errors? Blue screen for example.

[Nemo]

Whats your OS?
When's the last time you formatted?
Have any Anti-Virus?
Any dodgy downloads?

Try System Restore (That's not formatting, but booting from last backup, like last updates.
And if the noise is bugging you, you could try disabling that particular sound through Control Panel > Sound > Sounds Tab.

If it's full screen games that causes it, try updating your flash plugins, or even re-installing.

Also when it crashes & does the beep beep noise, does it show any on-screen errors? Blue screen for example.

Vista
Never i believe
Yep, security essentials and malwarebytes, run a scan every other day. No viruses
And nothing dodgy dodgy, just like torrents from demonoid.

Completely forgot about system restore, i'll give that a go.

And nope no on-screeen errors, just nothing moves whatsoever.

[Recursion]

Backup, format, reinstall.

[RockyHorror]

Describe the beeping sound for me, as in how many beep's, in what intervals..etc

If you have out of date drivers, then update them, if there is no reason not to keep them up to date. Also if there are any windows updates that want to install but you are stopping, then allow them to update.

[Nemo]

Backup, format, reinstall.

I think i'll leave that as a last resort i suppose

Describe the beeping sound for me, as in how many beep's, in what intervals..etc

If you have out of date drivers, then update them, if there is no reason not to keep them up to date. Also if there are any windows updates that want to install but you are stopping, then allow them to update.

its like bepbepbpepbepbepbepbep just constnatly, no breaks.

yeah i know, i didnt even realise i had out of date drivers. I did a system restore to like 2 weeks ago when everything was fine and everything seemst o be normal, but havent tried a full screen game yet, but all the times and stuff are back to normal. I'll update my drivers, if that doesnt work, reinstall flash, if that doesnt work. Then i suppose i'll just format


ty for help all

[RockyHorror]

Well if it's a constant beeping then it sounds more like a hardware problem, more than likely either mobo or RAM, so therefore reformatting will only be a temporary solution.

If it starts happening again, I would advise using a registry cleaner as your registry might be corrupt.

[Nemo]

Well if it's a constant beeping then it sounds more like a hardware problem, more than likely either mobo or RAM, so therefore reformatting will only be a temporary solution.

If it starts happening again, I would advise using a registry cleaner as your registry might be corrupt.

It was only a constant beeping when it had actually frozen. For example right now i dont hear anything at all, as soon as i turned it off and on again after it freezing it would stop the beeping.

and okay thanks

[Catzsy]

It was only a constant beeping when it had actually frozen. For example right now i dont hear anything at all, as soon as i turned it off and on again after it freezing it would stop the beeping.

and okay thanks

Not that I am amazingly technical but it sounds like the hard disc failing to me so I would back up anything you need from it in case it goes completely. Luckily new hard drives do not cost a fortune these days.