Audible beep and screen flickers...

[disposition96]

Hello,

I'm currently experiencing a problem but I can not figure out what the source is... I believe it may be over heating but I can't be certain...

First I'll explain the problem than I'll give you my specs and hopefully someone will be able to assist me.

What's happening is when I play a game over time I hear an audible beep (Doesn't sound like a post sound or drivers installing) and that's followed by my screen flickering a little, almost like the game is trying to minimize and open again really fast.... At first I thought it was the printer driver I installed but I unplugged the printer cable so there was no communication to it and it hasn't gotten any better, in fact it went from once every 10 minutes or so to once every 10 seconds or so... When I pull up my CPU specs in CPUIDHM or Speccy the only thing that seems out of the norm is my CPU is running around 72°C, my video card is hitting as high as 91 under pressure...

Could it be the cpu/video card?

Any other recommendations as to what the problem could be?

Regards,

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

specs?
Has this been happening for a long time or is this a new pc?

 

[disposition96]

It's been going on for a few weeks now, not a new PC. Runs 24/7 (almost) and has for the last two years.

Specs.
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Operating System
MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 49 °C
Kentsfield 65nm Technology
RAM
4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 332MHz (5-5-5-15)
Motherboard
Dell Inc. 0FM586 (Socket 775) 40 °C
Graphics
SyncMaster (1680x1050@60Hz)
512MB Radeon X1900 Series (ATI)
Hard Drives
625GB Western Digital WDC WD6400AAKS-75A7B0 ATA Device (SATA) 38 °C
Optical Drives
PLDS DVD+-RW DH-16A6S ATA Device
Audio
High Definition Audio Device


Regards,

 

[jsc]

Check the PC health tab in your BIOS. If you have the CPU thermal warning enabled, the system usually makes a sort of "BIOS beep" chirping sound.