Disable Belkin UPS beep when battery is in use

[Trizik]

I have a Belkin F6H550-USB UPS to keep my computer powered in case the power goes out. It makes a loud beeping sound every 10 seconds when the power goes out and the battery mode is active. I would like to disable this sound alarm because I live in a very quiet area and the beep is just too loud. There is no official way to disable the beep as I have already contacted Belkin about it and they said it was designed like that for safety reasons. They also said it's possible to disable the sound by cutting a wire, but that they couldn't tell me which wire to cut and that it would void the warranty.

So, my question is which wire do I cut?

Here's a picture of the inside:
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/186/20060901164128rsrw0.jpg

 

[slpaulson]

If you're handy with a soldering iron you could probably get the buzzer off.

Or you could break a trace to the buzzer using a razer or something.

 

[eelw]

I have the 500VA version of the Belkin UPS. You can disable the beep with the Bulldog Plus SW.

 

[Trizik]

Disabling the 'UPS Audible Alarm' in BULLDOG does not disable the buzzer on the UPS unit itself.

Any other ideas?

 

[Trizik]

Problem solved.

I physically pulled the circular buzzer off with my hands and now the beeping is gone. There are two pins sticking out of the buzzer so I'm pretty sure I could just pop it back in if I wanted the annoying beeper back.

 

[Zepper]

Whatcha get for buying Belkin... Quality products aren't part of Belkin's business plan. High margin, add-on sales for the big box stores is the name of the game.

.bh.