"JClark" <jclark@nomail.invalid> wrote in message
news:kajcb35ehde1ibvm87moo2pkpuctca4qfi@4ax.com...
> Hello Group,
>
> The system: Supermicro P4SC8, Intel P4, on board SCSI
>
> The Problem: Power up produces one BIOS beep, then system shuts down.
>
> The Background: It was running fine. I installed new memory. Ran fine.
> Installed another SCSI hard drive, set the jumpers appropriately.
> About this time it started doing funny things, making some high
> pitched noises,

Just a guess, but the whine could have been the PSU complaining about the
extra load. Could have pushed it over the edge and caused it to fail.