Processor type/speed: Intel Pentium 4 [CPU: 3.00GHz.]
Total Hard drive space/Free hard drive space: 146GB/128GB
Amount of Ram: 1022MB
Video card type: RADEON X8OO XT
Operating system: Windows XP Home Edittion. [5.1 Build, 2600.]
Computer model number: Dell Dimension 8400
Frequency of problem: Whenever I try to play any game.
I've had this problem for a little while now: Whenever I try to play any game, my computer will start to emit a repetitive beeping sound; playing the same beep over and over again at regular intervals. I assumed this was some kind of heating issue at first [Especially considering opening a window prolongs or even prevents the shutdown, if not the beeping,] but, having completely cleaned my PC both inside and out, nothing has changed. I then tried to compare my beeps to the BIOS Phoenix beep codes [BIOS Phoenix being the BIOS listed in my diagnostic tool.] but, couldn't find anything that matched. I then googled anything I thought might be relevant and just got the beep codes again. If it makes a difference, then the shutdown isn't crash-like, it's exactly the same as if I'd used the shutdown command from the Start menu.
So, I'm hoping that somebody here can help me out and explain what's wrong, and what I have to do to get my computer running properly again. Oh, and also, is there any way, more accurate than touch, that I can find out how hot my computer is?
Edited, Jun 29th 2006 at 8:06am EDT by Shokura