Comments on: DELL DIMENSION 8400 ALARM BELL http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/dell-dimension-8400-alarm-bell/ Fri, 24 May 2013 09:57:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: billl http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/dell-dimension-8400-alarm-bell/#comment-96545 billl Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:18:58 +0000 #comment-96545 As it turned out, the weather station was causing the problem, but it wasn’t an alarm! Don’t know what it was. It disappeared after reinstalling the driver software.

]]> By: carlosdl http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/dell-dimension-8400-alarm-bell/#comment-62739 carlosdl Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:50:14 +0000 #comment-62739 But it is strange that it starts at the same time, every day. Sounds like some kind of programmed alarm.

Have you had a look at event viewer ?

Since you know when it is about to begin, I would see a running process list ( with task manager ) before and after it has started, to see if there is some new process running when it is happening.

]]> By: Alessandro Panzetta http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/dell-dimension-8400-alarm-bell/#comment-62689 Alessandro Panzetta Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:04:33 +0000 #comment-62689 Did you try and check temperatures for CPU, Cabinet and so on?

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