Hello Guys You need to set the BIOS correctly please refer to the BIOS settings below. Specifically the Hardware Monitor CPU Warning Temperature need to be set to [Disabled] this will stop the beeping on boot up. This is not due to CPU overheating but I do agree it is not a bad idea to make sure there is a good thermal bond between the Heat sink and CPU. This happens on a cold boot when the CPU is still very cool. DXB BIOS settings for Supermicro motherboard MAIN Date (mm:dd:yy) Time (hh:mm:ss) Legacy diskette A [None] Legacy diskette B [None] ……………………………………………………………………………………………… IDE Channel 0 Master [xxxxxxxxx] IDE Channel 0 Master (sub menu) IDE HDD Auto Detection [N/A] IDE Channel 0 Master [Auto] Access Mode [Auto] ……………………………………………………………………………………………… > IDE Channel 0 Slave [None] > IDE Channel 1 Master [None] > IDE Channel 1 Slave [None] Halt on [No Errors] Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 1047552K Total Memory 1048576K ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ADVANCED >BIOS Feature Quick Boot [Enabled] Quiet Boot [Enabled] ACPI Function [Enabled] ACPI Suspend Type [S1&S3] USB Flash Disk Type [Auto] ACPI Mode [Enabled] MSP Version Control [1.4] PWRON after PWR-fail [Former-sts] ……………………………………………………………………………………………… >Advanced Chipset Control Graphics Apertures [64] CSA LAN (Giga-LAN) [Enabled] On-Chip VGA Setting On-Chip VGA [Disabled] On-chip Frame buffer size 16MB On-Chip Serial ATA Setting On-Chip Serial ATA [Disabled] X Serial ATA Port 0 Mode SATA0 master X Serial ATA Port 1 Mode SATA1 master USB Controller [Enabled] USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] USB Legacy Support [Disabled] X USB KB Wake-up from S3 Disabled AC97 [Disabled] CPU THRM-Throttling [75.0%] ……………………………………………………………………………………………… >I/O Device Configuration Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4] Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8/IRQ3] UART Mode Select [Normal] X RxD TxD Active Hi, Lo X IR Transmission Delay Enabled X UR2 Duplex Mode Half X Use IRPines IR-Rx2Tx2 Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7] Parallel Port Mode [SPP] X EPP Mode select EPP1.7 X ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Game Port Address [201] Midi Port Address [330] Midi Port IRQ [5] Watch Dog Timer Select [Disabled] POWER ON Function [BUTTON ONLY] X KB Power ON password enter X Hot Key Power ON Ctrl-F1 ……………………………………………………………………………………………… >PnP/PCI Configuration Init Display From [Onboard/AGP] Reset Configuration Data [Disabled] Resources Controlled By [Auto(ESCD)] X IRQ Resources ……………………………………………………………………………………………… >Hardware Monitor CPU Warning Temperature [Disabled] The remaining parameters will be grayed out and are for monitoring your system only. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… >Processor & Clock Option Limit CPUID MaxVal [Disabled] Hyper-Threading Technology [Enabled] Spread Spectrum [Disabled] CPU Clock [200MHz] ……………………………………………………………………………………………… SECURITY Set Supervisor Password [Disabled] will not show option Set User Password [Disabled] will not show option Password Check [Setup] ……………………………………………………………………………………………… BOOT >Hard Disk Priority 1. ChO M. : ST340014A 2. Bootable Add-in Cards First Boot Device [USB-CDROM] Second Boot Device [Hard Disk] Third Boot Device [Removable] Boot Other Device [Enabled] ……………………………………………………………………………………………… EXIT Save & Exit Setup Sean Enright Technical Support Rep level 2. LOUD Technologies Inc. 800-898-3211 Mackie - TAPCO - Crate -Ampeg