This might be a long shot, but I do recall one time seeing a BIOS (CMOS)
that actually let you disable the PC speaker.  Check to see if yours has
such an option.  If so, enable it.

Byron Wolter

> I've recently built my very first PC and everything works just
> fine except the case speaker. I can't get any sound from this
> little speaker at all. When I reverse the connection to the MB it
> makes no difference. Am I missing something very obvious? Don't
> laugh :-)
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