Date:    Tue, 31 Oct 2000 23:21:31 -0500
From:    Paul Ecclestone <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: 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


 I would check for something loose or not properly seated in its socket
on the mother board or a drive cable. I've seen that cause this symptom.
I would carefully reseat cards and memory chips and make sure drive
cables are on correctly and seated fully, maybe even the CPU if it was
removed. The tech may have not completely seated one and it was making
contact enouth to work in the shop but came loose during the trip to
your home.

 Dick Carroll

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