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Cant disable internal speaker

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ALS

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Hi, I built my new computer last night, and so far its working fine.... except for one small but VERY annoying problem. The internal speaker wont shut the hell up, I've lifted the lid off the case and looked inside and the socket where it should go is empty. So what can I do?
help me its driving me crazzzzzzzzzzy BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP🙁
 
It may be built into the motherboard, if you're hearing beeps and you haven't plugged in the pc speaker for your case, then that might be the case.

There is probably a reason for the beeping, is it a string of constant beeps, or a pattern?
 
Sorry, I should have explained it better. It happens when theres an alert on screen, for example: when someone talks to me on msn messenger. Its not beeping like theres a problem with the system, its just doing it whenever something happens
 
Originally posted by: ALS
Sorry, I should have explained it better. It happens when theres an alert on screen, for example: when someone talks to me on msn messenger. Its not beeping like theres a problem with the system, its just doing it whenever something happens
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Hmm, do you have a sound card installed?

There might be an option in the BIOS to disable it, it should be listed in the manual if there is.
 
I had a flick through the manual, couldnt find any settings that looked like it. My mobo has onboard sound, but I cant install the drivers for it until I have put the windoze service pack on (which I am downloading now). Think it might stop once I have installed the sound drivers?
 
Can't cut the wires 😱, how can you life without your old 80's games and no sound? 🙁
lol It's just like TechFuzz said, Control Panel --> Multimedia --> Volume Control --> Mute PC Speaker
That ought to do it 🙂
 
Originally posted by: InFecTed
Just cut the damn wires🙂
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I believe he said the internal case speaker is not even connected leading to speculation that there is something akin to a speaker mounted directly onto his mobo.

 
Yes. A lot of motherboard have a small P-E speaker built into them. Until a soundcard is installed, it will beep when there is a notification in windows such as messenger. He's downloading windows SP1 now and then he can do an update driver and his integrated sound will be installed a no more beeps. I'm not really sure where the issue here is. Sounds like it's working as designed.
 
Wire cutters are not going to work with a soldered onto the pcb type speaker gents. He could desolder it, but most people don't like to go that far on the first step.

If for some reason you can't get it disabled through BIOS or through Windows (though those should do it) a nondestructive compromise is to locate it and cover the speaker in tape. Usually they're tiny piezos that look like a tall black button with a hole in it. Tape over the hole will mute it somewhat which may be enough. If you can drip a dab of glue (elmer's glue all, contact cement, something thicker) into the hole that'll shut it up pretty well and if you do it cleanly enough won't even void your warrenty unless some anal retentive PC speaker fan in the RMA department checks closely.

I used to just use the tape over the hole solution for my modems when the documentation for init string didn't work or I couldn't get the volume where I wanted it (just barely wanted to be able to hear it so I knew it was dialing, sometimes the lowest was still too loud). Short of either of these you can desolder it, just two leads. Up to you if it's worth removing the motherboard over and how your soldering skills are.

But all moot if you find it in BIOS or get it disabled through Windows.
 
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