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 :-) http://freepctech.com The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering Mandrake Linux or Red Hat Linux CD sets along with our NOSPIN Power Linux CD... at a great price!!! http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml