For erratic, wave-file beeping:

first -- check in control panel under sound and limit the sound scheme to as
little activity as possible.  I've seen sound schemes that rattle, hiss and
beep for every little thing you do with your mouse and keyboard.

second -- tell us what kind of board (motherboard) you have.  It may be that
it has an over-heat alarm that has either been enabled by the technician or
has been caused to beep because he did something to compromise the cooling
of your CPU.

third -- if none of these help, try a CTRL ALT DEL to bring up your Taskman
(assuming you are using Win95, 98 or ME) and tell us what TSR's are running.
It may be that one of these pesky little apps is not needed and is causing
the noise.

--gary r. tennesen
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Paul Ecclestone
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 8:22 PM
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Subject: [PCBUILD] erratic beeping


I recently had my motherboard fixed and upon its return I get an erratic and
aggravating continuous beeping.  It is a wave file.   There does not seem to
be any pattern as to what causes the speakers to start beeping.  It can be
shut off by muting the wave volume control.  At the bottom it of the volume
control it says "Sound System Mixer (534)"  It comes on at various times and
various volumes.  I wiped out the drive and re-installed.  With nothing but
Windows 98 installed the beep was there in a matter of minutes.  So I don't
think it is a software issue.  Everything worked fine before the motherboard
was "fixed".  The original problem with the mother board was not a sound
issue.  Nothing else has been changed.
In the Device Manager there are no conflicts showing under "Sound..".  There
is however a conflict under "Other Devices" - Unknown device.
Could someone please advise.

Paul Ecclestone

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