[ale] Computer Alarm

JackM meisterj at acm.org
Fri Nov 10 06:44:44 EST 2000


You might want to have a look at lmsensors.  If it is a temp problem, it
may be of some help to you.


Benjamin Scherrey wrote:
> 
> I've got a dual 500MHz Celeron system (that I bought from Linux General
> Store last year) that has been working just great. However, two days ago
> it started periodically sounding a two-tone alarm from the PC speakers
> that I can't figure out a reason for. Its quite loud. I rebooted the
> machine (thus killing my 74 day uptime :-( ) and checked the CMOS but
> the temps were under the warning range (I presume this is the sound
> that's made from a BIOS problem - just a guess). Can anyone tell me what
> this tone is from? Has this happened to anyone else before?
> 
>         thanx & later,
> 
>                 Ben Scherrey
> 
> PS: Are there Linux programs for accessing the CPU temps and other stuff
> so I don't have to go into BIOS setup to check?
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