9 second beep on startup. crash cycle

Ok so my pc has been crashing loads lately. Ive check the Bios beep codes thread, but cant find my problem
Basicly my pc will crash and restart, then beep constant for 9 seconds.
Whats going on!?

Quote from: NovJoe on 11-July-06, 11:01:36
This is what he has quoted and there's this 651M mobo as well as a CPU named 651 Cedarmill as well. The info provided just isn't clear which is what caused the confusion.
Ok. We need jaxter the Questmaster to give us the right info to conquer the quest .
NP. I knew what he was saying because he was answering 2 questions I asked earlier.
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Do you mean MSI 651M, M-L, or M-V? What model P4 is your 2.4ghz? Northwood, Prescot?
I'm still trying to figure exactly what is going on. Only time I've encountered beeping like that just after crash/restart with P4s was from heat.
Jaxter. Have you by chance checked your bios and changed the cpu temp warning level? Look under PC Health and see what CPU WARNING TEMP is. You may be hitting it and that's what's causing the beeping and shutdown.

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FAULTING_IP:
Display!MediaCoreDisplay::VideoNode::CreateEffectNode+2fbc
00000000`0d1e30bc 488b01          mov     rax,qword ptr [rcx]
EXCEPTION_RECORD: ffffffffffffffff -- (.exr 0xffffffffffffffff)
ExceptionAddress: 000000000d1e30bc (Display!MediaCoreDisplay::VideoNode::CreateEffectNode+0x0000000000002fbc)
   ExceptionCode: c000041d
ExceptionFlags: 00000001
NumberParameters: 0
FAULTING_THREAD: 0000000000002020
PROCESS_NAME: Adobe Premiere Elements.exe
ADDITIONAL_DEBUG_TEXT:
Use '!findthebuild' command to search for the target build information.
If the build information is available, run '!findthebuild -s ; .reload' to set symbol path and load symbols.
MODULE_NAME: Display
FAULTING_MODULE: 00000000773c0000 ntdll
DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 505bb29e
ERROR_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc000041d - An unhandled exception was encountered during a user callback.
EXCEPTION_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc000041d - An unhandled exception was encountered during a user callback.
MOD_LIST: <ANALYSIS/>
BUGCHECK_STR: APPLICATION_FAULT_INVALID_POINTER_READ_WRONG_SYMBOLS_SHUTDOWN
PRIMARY_PROBLEM_CLASS: INVALID_POINTER_READ_SHUTDOWN
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: INVALID_POINTER_READ_SHUTDOWN
LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 000000000085c022 to 000000000d1e30bc
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00000000`1c90e380 00000000`0085c022 : 00000000`14c7c7e0 00000000`00000001 00000000`0d233000 00000000`1502e090 : Display!MediaCoreDisplay::VideoNode::CreateEffectNode+0x2fbc
00000000`1c90e5c0 00000000`00858742 : 000007ff`ff672b90 00000000`00000001 00000000`00000000 00000000`0645d30f : dvacore!dvacore::threads::AdaptCurrentEventLoopAsExecutor+0x362
00000000`1c90e6a0 00000000`00858777 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00030656 00000000`00000400 00000000`00000000 : dvacore!dvacore::threads::RunPlatformEventLoop+0x11d2
00000000`1c90e6e0 00000000`76e19bd1 : 00000000`064cd678 ffffffff`fffffffe 00000000`00000002 00000000`06570000 : dvacore!dvacore::threads::RunPlatformEventLoop+0x1207
00000000`1c90e720 00000000`76e172cb : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00858750 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : USER32!TranslateMessageEx+0x2a1
00000000`1c90e7e0 00000000`76e16829 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`45544145 00000000`00000000 : USER32!SetWindowTextW+0x277
00000000`1c90e840 00000000`77411225 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`0657db80 00000000`0657db10 : USER32!IsDialogMessageW+0x169
00000000`1c90e8a0 00000000`76e1908a : 00000000`76e19055 00000000`064cb2e8 00000000`1c90eb58 ffffffff`fffffffe : ntdll!KiUserCallbackDispatcher+0x1f
00000000`1c90e928 00000000`76e19055 : 00000000`064cb2e8 00000000`1c90eb58 ffffffff`fffffffe ffffffff`fffffffe : USER32!PeekMessageW+0xba
00000000`1c90e930 00000000`0645b2f8 : 00000000`0657ac80 00000000`1c90eb58 00000000`0000c316 00000000`0646b66f : USER32!PeekMessageW+0x85
00000000`1c90e980 00000000`0645b4ec : 00000000`0657ac00 00000000`0657ac80 00000000`1c90eb90 00000000`003a6563 : DpoFeedb+0x2b2f8
00000000`1c90ea00 00000000`0645d19d : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`1c90eb58 0000345d`668c701c : DpoFeedb+0x2b4ec
00000000`1c90ea40 00000000`0647ecc4 : 00000000`1c90eb90 00000000`00000287 00000000`1c90eb90 00000000`00000000 : DpoFeedb+0x2d19d
00000000`1c90eaf0 00000000`76e0797c : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`1c90eb90 00000000`00000001 : DpoFeedb!OtsNotifyAll+0x684
00000000`1c90eb40 00000000`76e053e5 : 00000000`1c90ecc0 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`0647ecf5 : USER32!GetKeyboardLayoutList+0x19c
00000000`1c90eb70 00000000`76e10795 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`76e19bef 00000000`76e0797c : USER32!LockWindowStation+0x85
00000000`1c90ebc0 00000000`77411225 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`1c90ed40 00000000`03745f68 00000000`00000001 : USER32!SendMessageTimeoutW+0xcd5
00000000`1c90ec20 00000000`76e1041a : 00000000`76e10397 00000000`1c90f188 00000000`00000000 00000000`1c90f188 : ntdll!KiUserCallbackDispatcher+0x1f
00000000`1c90ed58 00000000`76e10397 : 00000000`1c90f188 00000000`00000000 00000000`1c90f188 00000000`1c90f188 : USER32!SendMessageTimeoutW+0x95a
00000000`1c90ed60 00000000`76e105d8 : 00000000`0000002e 00000000`80040100 00000000`06cf0000 00000000`06cf0000 : USER32!SendMessageTimeoutW+0x8d7
00000000`1c90f0d0 00000000`76e0a350 : 00000000`0000002e 00000000`14c5f290 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : USER32!SendMessageTimeoutW+0xb18
00000000`1c90f220 00000000`0d34a2a3 : 00000000`14c5f290 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`14c5f290 : USER32!CreateWindowExA+0x70
00000000`1c90f2a0 00000000`0d35a975 : 00000000`1c90f716 00000000`00000000 00000000`1c90f814 00000000`00000000 : aif_ogl!AIF::OGL::AutoInitializer::AutoInitializer+0x4d3
00000000`1c90f5a0 00000000`0d1e3016 : 00000000`15056400 00000000`06575280 00000000`00000000 00000000`06464afd : aif_ogl!AIF::OGL::ContextOffscreen::ContextOffscreen+0x195
00000000`1c90f7b0 00000000`0085c022 : 00000000`14c7c7e0 00000000`00000000 00000000`0d233000 00000000`1502e030 : Display!MediaCoreDisplay::VideoNode::CreateEffectNode+0x2f16
00000000`1c90f9f0 00000000`00858742 : 000007ff`ff672830 00000000`00000001 00000000`00000000 00000000`0645d30f : dvacore!dvacore::threads::AdaptCurrentEventLoopAsExecutor+0x362
00000000`1c90fad0 00000000`00858777 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00030656 00000000`00000400 00000000`00000000 : dvacore!dvacore::threads::RunPlatformEventLoop+0x11d2
00000000`1c90fb10 00000000`76e19bd1 : 00000000`064cd678 ffffffff`fffffffe 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : dvacore!dvacore::threads::RunPlatformEventLoop+0x1207
00000000`1c90fb50 00000000`76e172cb : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00858750 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : USER32!TranslateMessageEx+0x2a1
00000000`1c90fc10 00000000`76e16829 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000001 00000000`00000000 : USER32!SetWindowTextW+0x277
00000000`1c90fc70 00000000`77411225 : ffffffff`ffffffff 00000000`76e19b43 00000000`76e19bef 00000000`0012c928 : USER32!IsDialogMessageW+0x169
00000000`1c90fcd0 00000000`76e19e6a : 00000000`76e19e9e 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : ntdll!KiUserCallbackDispatcher+0x1f
00000000`1c90fd58 00000000`76e19e9e : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : USER32!SfmDxSetSwapChainStats+0x1a
00000000`1c90fd60 00000000`008575b9 : 00000000`1504cc70 00000000`1504cc70 00000000`00858750 00000000`18c78a08 : USER32!GetMessageW+0x2a
00000000`1c90fd90 00000000`0085ca6e : 00000000`1504cc70 00000000`18c78a08 00000000`14fcf230 00000000`00000000 : dvacore!dvacore::threads::RunPlatformEventLoop+0x49
00000000`1c90fdf0 00000000`00866471 : 00000000`00000002 00000000`00000000 00000000`18c78a08 00000000`00000000 : dvacore!dvacore::threads::SyncPoint::operator=+0xbe
00000000`1c90fe50 00000000`00866327 : 00000000`18c789a0 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`7381334a : dvacore!dvacore::threads::GetCurrentThreadID+0x1261
00000000`1c90fe80 00000000`00205431 : 00000000`18c789a0 00000000`00000000 00000000`14c4cd40 00000000`00000000 : dvacore!dvacore::threads::GetCurrentThreadID+0x1117
00000000`1c90fec0 00000000`73812fdf : 00000000`14c4cd40 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : boost_threads!boost::this_thread::get_id+0xd71
00000000`1c90ff00 00000000`73813080 : 00000000`7389cad0 00000000`14c4cd40 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : MSVCR90!endthreadex+0x47
00000000`1c90ff30 00000000`76cf652d : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : MSVCR90!endthreadex+0xe8
00000000`1c90ff60 00000000`773ec521 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0xd
00000000`1c90ff90 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x21
FOLLOWUP_IP:
Display!MediaCoreDisplay::C+2fbc
00000000`0d1e30bc 488b01          mov     rax,qword ptr [rcx]
SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 0
SYMBOL_NAME: display!MediaCoreDisplay::VideoNode::CreateEffectNode+2fbc
FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner
IMAGE_NAME: Display.dll
STACK_COMMAND: ~44s ; kb
BUCKET_ID: WRONG_SYMBOLS
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: INVALID_POINTER_READ_SHUTDOWN_c000041d_Display.dll!MediaCoreDisplay::VideoNode::CreateEff ectNode
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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 8098064 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          4
Anonymous UUID: 50632961-DC2C-4BA4-B27F-0C7491501ED1
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panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80002c4794): Kernel trap at 0xffffff800053aecf, type 13=general protection, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x000000010c2fc000, CR3: 0x000000000a0db000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0x0000000000000001, RBX: 0x0000000000000001, RCX: 0xffffff80118e93c0, RDX: 0x0000000000000002
RSP: 0xffffff80e8fcbd00, RBP: 0xffffff80e8fcbda0, RSI: 0x0000000023958139, RDI: 0xffffff8012d90f48
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0xffffff80118e93c0, R10: 0x0000000000000003, R11: 0xffffff80002dad60
R12: 0x0000000000000001, R13: 0x0000000000000001, R14: 0xffffff8012d95ef0, R15: 0xffffff8012d95f38
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0xffffff80e8fcba30 : 0xffffff80002c4794
0xffffff80e8fcbbe0 : 0xffffff80002da55d
0xffffff80e8fcbc00 : 0xffffff800053aecf
0xffffff80e8fcbda0 : 0xffffff800053b442
0xffffff80e8fcbe10 : 0xffffff800053cac8
0xffffff80e8fcbf20 : 0xffffff800053cbe6
0xffffff80e8fcbf50 : 0xffffff80005ce4cb
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com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage           2.1.0
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless      1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331           561.7.22
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI      4.9.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub      5.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort     2.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI     5.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI     5.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager      161.0.0
com.apple.nvenet      2.0.17
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET           1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons           1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS       1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC        1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC            1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          195.0.0
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet     8
com.apple.security.quarantine        1.4
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall   3.2.30
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement        195.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch       230.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController         4.0.8f17
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.0.8f17
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver   13
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice        3.2.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver     5.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub       5.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite        5.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily   3.2.1
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family       420.3
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily    4.4.8
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient     5.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.0.8
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily            5.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime            1.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily           2.1
com.apple.driver.NVSMU      2.2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily            1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily       1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox 177.11
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.DiskImages           331.7
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily      1.7.2
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore     28.18
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform         1.5
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.7
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
Model: MacBookPro5,1, BootROM MBP51.007E.B06, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.33f8
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT, PCIe, 256 MB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, PCI, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435435313236344243313036372E4D313646
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435435313236344243313036372E4D313646
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8D), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.198.19.22)
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.8f17, 2 service, 11 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS543225L9SA02, 250.06 GB
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N
USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0x24400000 / 2
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x06100000 / 2
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8213, 0x06110000 / 5
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0237, 0x04600000 / 3
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0x04500000 / 2

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