Something is wrong, no idea what

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There is something wrong with my new home-built computer, but I couldn't diagnose what yet.

First, most of the time, everything works well with no failure or so, but then sometimes:

Brief description of the problem: Sometimes, while the Win 7 is on, everything's working well with no problem, the internal speaker starts beeping long beeps, which doesn't have a matching beep pattern with the ones in the troubleshooting part of the manual of the motherboard.

In addition to this, sometimes, when I shut down the computer, and start up the system the following day, right after the Win 7 logo screen, the computer shuts down and restarts and then ask me if I want a normal startup or a repair startup. When I select repair, it doesn't do anything. When I select normal startup it tries starting up again but resets right after Win 7 logo again. It keeps doing this if I don't interrupt and shut down manually.

Brief system specification:
Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Processor
2x2 G.Skill DDR3 1333 Memory
WD velociraptor 300 Hard Disk
Samsung 1000 Hard Disk

I suspect that there is a hardware problem, but I have no idea what could be causing the problem. Is there a software to test all of the component? Or any ideas about the source of the problem or how to diagnose it?

 


Seconded. With random reboots, I always test RAM first. If not that, then it could be power supply, but the motherboard beeps are most likely indicating RAM failure.
 
I tried to clean boot. Worked well. Then half of the services. Worked well. Then the other half. Worked well. Then enabled all again. Now works well. -as if nothing is wrong... Since the problem occurs very occasionally I am not sure how well this procedure can help me to find the problem.

Can the warning sounds be due to the pc health status in bios? CPU warning temperature is set to 60 degrees Celcius. It says it would emit warning sound if the CPU temperature exceeds the threshold, but then it doesn't explain the type of the sound.

Continuous long beeps are associated with "Graphics card not inserted properly" in the manual. But I don't have a graphics card. I use what's on board.
 
Ok, it says "High frequency beeeps while running: Overheated CPU: Check the CPU fan for proper operation. Check the case for proper air flow."
http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm

I can see that the fans work well. Then it's probably that 60 degree threshold. But what is a proper heat level? Is it safe to increase the threshold to 70 or 80? I don't want to burn the CPU.

And if it is due to the CPU heat, why does the system continuously restart although the computer cools down over the night?
 
No, it wasn't a 15 minutes test, it was for about 3 hours. I had 4 passes. I saw a line which says something kind of "the test is passed, press esc key to exit" so I though the test was over and it was just re-doing the test. I'll run it today for 10 passes, and let you know about the results.
 
You have three problems with this computer, the first is that the processor is overheating, and should be the first problem that you sort out. The second problem is that your computer is not shutting down correctly, which is probably a driver problem or maybe due to the processor over heating and the third problem is the computer not booting up correctly which could be caused by a driver problem or over heating CPU. I would change the boot up option on windows 7 to disable the “restart on error “ option to find out what is causing the problem.
 



After running the OCCT test, the CPU temperature increased to above 60 degrees C within a minute, and the internal speaker started to emit the long beeps that I was talking about. So I think the reason for the long beeps was the "beep when the temp is over 60" bios setting. A software or something which runs occasionally is probably causing the increase in the temperature I don't know what. I can change the setting in bios to a higher temperature, but I'm not sure what the maximum temperature should be. Is 70 degrees C a good maximum temperature for my processor?


And is it normal to get a 60 something temperature within the first minute of a OCCT test? Normally, the CPU temperature is around 41.
 
Your CPU temps are a little high, but not dangerously high. If you start getting into the 75+ range, then you have a problem. Good CPU temps are usually down in the mid 30s at idle temps.

You may want to reapply some thermal paste on the CPU cooler, or get an aftermarket one.
 
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