John McQuillin's post (clipped):-- <<<<The speaker on the mother board gives four beeps periodically. Probably telling me something but I don't know what. Didn't find anything useful on SOYO's site or booklet that came with motherboard>>> Hi, these beeps come in different flavours (short/long/alternating between the two/duration etc etc..) and primarily depends on the system bios. the following URL of a page from SOYOS website should help. http://tinyurl.com/8lkhh if you are unable to get a fix from here suggest you go to SOYOS "support/technical/e-mail and send them a mail. HTH and good luck---Venkat PCBUILD's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>