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Hardware problem, can anyone help?

stu_e — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 10:52:17 GMT

Hi!
I own a Sony PCV-RS desktop pc, 2.8 gig athlon, 128 meg nvidia card, 512 meg of ram.
THe problem is the blue 'Vaio' light and the power light keep randomly flashing whilst the internal speaker emits a high pitched noise. I have disabled the internal speaker via the hardware profile on windows yet it still keeps doing this. The problem has only occured i nthe past few weeks, and i have thoroughly checked my computer for viruses with Norton. Any ideas anyone? I can't pul lthe internal speaker out because it's attached to the mother board.

Re: Hardware problem, can anyone help?

kee-lo_ — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:23:19 GMT

When does this occur?

Re: Hardware problem, can anyone help?

stu_e — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:29:52 GMT

randomly when using photoshop, media player, and currently i can't run doom 3 without it continuously wailing.

Re: Hardware problem, can anyone help?

kee-lo_ — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:51:10 GMT

There was a thread about this before, and no one had a concrete answer.

Doom 3 is well scary. I played it a few days ago with a friend and I had to stop after 10mins as it was freaking me out.

Re: Hardware problem, can anyone help?

stu_e — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:56:35 GMT

Yeah all my mates havn't a clue what the problem is with it and sony thmeselves can't give me an answer. Might have to gut my system and re-install everything. Doom3 is incerdible but i still can't get it to run properly.

Re: Hardware problem, can anyone help?

reaper — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:59:09 GMT

doom 3 scary...:smileylaugh:

kee-lo your a right little nacy

just a joke mate

Re: Hardware problem, can anyone help?

kee-lo_ — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:03:18 GMT

With the right sound system and graphics it can be LOL

Re: Hardware problem, can anyone help?

mathrobe — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:14:59 GMT

hi stu_e . this is a common problem and i had it on my pcv rx514 ,it is all down to a build up of dust .what i had to do is turn off the pc disconnect the mains supply at the back the 3 pin one then pull out the grey speaker plug. take the side panel off with the pull device top right as you view the back panel the side panel should pop off .then inside, the power supply unit has a trigger to pull to release the whole unit you should be able to see the fans one inside the power supply box and one on the mother board . then i got a can of compressed air and gave both fans a good blast to clean out all the dust . then reassemble your pc turn on and try a programme that you know you were having trouble with. hopefully you should be ok.

it is a bad bit of design having both fans so close together so the dust out of one goes straight to the other.

hope this helps:smileyhappy:

Re: Hardware problem, can anyone help?

reaper — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:22:58 GMT

i have to say i have never played it :smileyblush:

but have seen the old versions and they were lame

Re: Hardware problem, can anyone help?

kee-lo_ — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:23:48 GMT

Ah yes now I do remember this case.
Thanks

Re: Hardware problem, can anyone help?

mathrobe — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:34:29 GMT

hi kee_lo .do you think we should have a known issues page which would be searchable with keywords ie "beeps and flashes" which would save a lot of time searching different threads to see if anybody has a solution:smileyhappy:

Re: Hardware problem, can anyone help?

kee-lo_ — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:43:02 GMT

Well the boys and girls at Sony promised us a search for the end of July, and there's still nothing I hope it comes soon.

We really need to have search to save everyone's time

Re: Hardware problem, can anyone help?

stu_e — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 17:27:37 GMT

Cheers mathrobe! Just moved back home from uni and my room's really dusty here so no wonder it happened in the last few weeks. Your right about it being a bad design fault, not a usual Sony trait!
Got doom 3 fully up and running with the latest drivers, WOO HOOOOOO what an amazing game! Still prefer the old one tho.