Default beep

[Menno Hershberger]

One of our phone company's computers has started beeping quite regularly
for no particular reason. I went into sound properties to compare it and it
is definitely the "default beep". When it happens, there is nothing
blinking in the system trap, or anything else to indicate what might be
triggering it. The event viewer reveals nothing. It is almost certain to do
it when you open Outlook Express, but it doesn't jive with keyboard strokes
or mouse movements. It's like 4 or five in a row, then some quiet, and then
a couple more... just randomly. It also does it in other apps and was even
doing it when I went into the control panel to compare the sounds. If you
walk away and do absolutely *nothing* then it will stop.

Is there a way to "trap" the source of these beeps?

 

[Guest]

Maybe a virus on the pc,odd things happen with some viruses.Usually
system beeps are associated with pc start-up (1 beep gives the ok),however
thats pc start up...

 

[HeyBub]

One of our phone company's computers has started beeping quite
regularly for no particular reason. I went into sound properties to
compare it and it is definitely the "default beep". When it happens,
there is nothing blinking in the system trap, or anything else to
indicate what might be triggering it. The event viewer reveals
nothing. It is almost certain to do it when you open Outlook Express,
but it doesn't jive with keyboard strokes or mouse movements. It's
like 4 or five in a row, then some quiet, and then a couple more...
just randomly. It also does it in other apps and was even doing it
when I went into the control panel to compare the sounds. If you walk
away and do absolutely *nothing* then it will stop.

Is there a way to "trap" the source of these beeps?

It could be the motherboard trying to signal a hardware malfunction. Look up
the beep-codes on the motherboard's manufacturer's site.

 

[Bob I]

Perhaps check the BIOS, you may have a temperature alarm that is set low.