CPU failure in aspire 5672 wlmi?

[QWE]

Ok, its hardware related for sure. CPU, RAM, Power etc..I checked the Service Manual and can't find anything related to your description of the 'beep'..
Apart from what is sounds like, its one long beep, pause, one short beep..?

You sure the fan is working? If not the cpu overheat immediately.

I'm sure the fan is working, it's been working better than ever. However, I installed it myself about a month ago (using the guide on here) so I could have messed up somewhere. I ran Core Temp since then and my cpu never went above 81 and since it had been messing up so much recently it barely went above 70.

I'm going to record the sound (not so much a beeping) to see if someone can identify it.

[hoggie]

its a strange one.!
instant CPU overheat means a short circuit.
power board short they are sometimes intermittent.
just a thought has the laptop been dropped ?
one short beep two long beeps that's an award bios
anything else its the ram.
phoenix use a four beep system on acers.

[QWE]

Ok, here's the best recording I could get of it (didn't pick up well on my mic)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/xjlwy0

It makes this sound for about a minute and then stops. Nothing else happens that I can tell besides the fan turning on.

[QWE]

its a strange one.!
instant CPU overheat means a short circuit.
power board short they are sometimes intermittent.
just a thought has the laptop been dropped ?
one short beep two long beeps that's an award bios
anything else its the ram.
phoenix use a four beep system on acers.

See, the initial problem happened when I was away from my laptop for a little bit, so it could have overheated, but like I said I never saw it go above 81 degrees, and it was always around 70 when idle. When it completely died last night CPU temps were around 40-55 degrees according to Core Temp.
I haven't dropped the laptop (at least not any time recently, I did once shortly after I got it but not too hard).
I was hoping it was the RAM (easy enough to replace), but like I said the ram test I ran off a boot cd came up fine.
Is there a way to see (at this point) if it's a motherboard problem, cpu problem, or HD problem (or some combination of the 3)? Should I just break down and send it somewhere for repair?

[hoggie]

i've listened to it about five times now and slowed it down to count the beeps.im lost.
but without another HDD it does sound like HDD failure.

time to break down and cry me thinks

[QWE]

i've listened to it about five times now and slowed it down to count the beeps.im lost.
but without another HDD it does sound like HDD failure.

time to break down and cry me thinks

Thanks for your help

Do you know if a HDD failure would cause it to not boot up at all? It seems like I'd be able to access the BIOS or boot from a CD without a hard drive.

[ATG]

its sounds like 1-1 to me..apart from the buzz sound. If you left it like this, its going over and over again right ?
Do you have USB devices attached ? If so, remove them.

[QWE]

its sounds like 1-1 to me..apart from the buzz sound. If you left it like this, its going over and over again right ?
Do you have USB devices attached ? If so, remove them.

It makes that that sound repeatedly for about a minute, then nothing.
I have nothing attached, and it does this running on battery or not.

[hoggie]

if you clean out the buzz it does sound like 1-1.
CH000607 have you ever seen this code ?
thats a motherboard issue.

at last a problem to get stuck into..love it

[QWE]

how would I go about fixing/replacing a motherboard? Is it not worth it, too expensive, to hard to do etc?