Hi Bryan Lee,

Did you turn off your speakers to make sure that the noise is not
coming from inside the case? I believe your CPU is overheating,
regardless of what Everest Home Edition is reporting.

Check if Giga-Byte has a motherboard monitor download here:
http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard...adCenter_1.htm

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Bryan Lee Wrote:
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:: Please help,
::
:: When I play any game that draws on the CPU and RAM (i.e.: Rome: Total War,
:: Silent Hunter III) the game freezes after 15 minutes of gameplay and I'm
:: forced to reboot because the system freezes and a high-pitched noise blares
:: out of my speakers?. But when I play games that doesn't draw too much
:: horsepower (NASCAR Racing 2003 Season) the system runs fine without issues.
::
::
:: I've tried everything:
::
:: 1. Checked for virus', none found
:: 2. Uninstalled drivers for Sound Blaster Audigy 2, NVidia GeForce FX 5700
:: and re-installed them again; still a no go.
:: 3. Ran Everest Home Edition for temerature checks; all in the normal range
:: 4. Checked the heatsink, CPU fan, power supply fan and all case fans for
:: dirt and debris; all clean and in working order.
:: 5. Uninstalled all games, defragmented the hard drive, performed a scan disk
:: and re-installed the a fresh copy of all problematic software; still a no go
::
:: Is it a memory issue? Power Supply? CPU going bad? Or perhaps the sound card
:: because of the noise?
::
:: Please, someone help me narrow it down because I've invested a lot of time
:: and money to build this system.
::
:: System Specs:
::
:: Computer:
:: Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
:: Professional
:: OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
:: DirectX 4.09.00.0904
:: (DirectX 9.0c)
:: Computer Name LEEFAMILYCOMP (The
:: Lee Family System)
:: User Name Bryan Lee
::
:: Motherboard:
:: CPU Type AMD Athlon 64, 2200
:: MHz (11 x 200) 3200+
:: Motherboard Name Gigabyte GA-K8NS (5
:: PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)
:: Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce3 250,
:: AMD Hammer
:: System Memory 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR
:: SDRAM)
:: BIOS Type Award Modular
:: (08/03/04)
:: Communication Port Communications Port
:: (COM1)
:: Communication Port Communications Port
:: (COM2)
:: Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)
::
:: Display:
:: Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce FX
:: 5700VE (256 MB)
:: 3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce FX
:: 5700VE
:: Monitor Plug and Play
:: Monitor [NoDB] (1322911)
::
:: Multimedia:
:: Audio Adapter Creative SB0240
:: Audigy 2 Platinum Sound Card
:: Audio Adapter nVIDIA MCP2-S -
:: Audio Codec Interface
::
:: Storage:
:: IDE Controller NVIDIA CK8S Parallel
:: ATA Controller (v2.5)
:: IDE Controller NVIDIA CK8S Serial
:: ATA Controller (v2.5)
:: SCSI/RAID Controller NVIDIA NForce(tm)
:: ATA RAID Class Controller
:: Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
:: Disk Drive WDC WD400BB-00CLB0
:: (37 GB, IDE)
:: Optical Drive HL-DT-ST RW/DVD
:: GCC-4320B (DVD:16x, CD:32x/10x/40x DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
:: SMART Hard Disks Status OK
::
:: Partitions:
:: C: (NTFS) 38154 MB (11386 MB
:: free)
::
:: Input:
:: Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
:: Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
:: Keyboard Logitech
:: HID-Compliant Keyboard
:: Mouse HID-compliant mouse
:: Mouse HID-compliant mouse
:: Mouse HID-compliant mouse
:: Mouse HID-compliant mouse
:: Mouse Microsoft USB
:: Wireless Mouse (IntelliPoint)
:: Game Controller Microsoft
:: PC-joystick driver
:: Game Controller Microsoft
:: PC-joystick driver
::
:: Network:
:: Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce
:: Networking Controller - Packet Scheduler Miniport (70.255.232.96)
::
:: Peripherals:
:: USB1 Controller nVIDIA MCP2-S - OHCI
:: USB 1.1 Controller
:: USB1 Controller nVIDIA MCP2-S - OHCI
:: USB 1.1 Controller
:: USB2 Controller nVIDIA MCP2-S - EHCI
:: USB 2.0 Controller
:: USB Device Logitech Cordless
:: Dual USB Mouse & iTouch Keys
:: USB Device Logitech Cordless
:: USB Keyboard
:: USB Device Logitech MOMO Racing
:: USB
:: USB Device Nostromo n52 HID
:: SpeedPad 2.0 Mouse Wheel
:: USB Device Nostromo n52 HID
:: SpeedPad 2.0
:: USB Device USB Composite Device
:: USB Device USB Composite Device
:: USB Device USB Human Interface
:: Device
::
:: Monitor CTXC502: Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB]