chirp from motherboard speaker

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In the middle of the night, the motherboard speaker began to chirp about
every 60 seconds. The machine had been off for about 6 hours. I disconnected
my PC speakers and turned off the switch on the back of the pc, but it
continued to chirp every 60 seconds until I pulled the speaker connection
off the board. This is an Asus P4C800-E- Deluxe, and there is nothing in the
book regarding any chirp. I reconnected it in the morning and it wouldn't
chirp. I did replace the CMOS battery thinking it could be a low batt
warning, but I haven't been able to find out anything definitive. Any help
appreciated

RBM
 
lisa swallowz said:
Did you leave a cell phone or other wireless device in proximity of the
speakers?
That will cause the same thing.
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Actually I did. My cell sits next to my desktop every night. It's never done
that before. Is it just a random thing or is there a specific thing going on
in the phone at the time?
 
Actually I did. My cell sits next to my desktop every night. It's never done
that before. Is it just a random thing or is there a specific thing going on
in the phone at the time?
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My PC speakers make a noise just before there's an incoming call on my moby so
it must have something to do with the connection bveing established.
 
Boo said:
My PC speakers make a noise just before there's an incoming call on my
moby so it must have something to do with the connection bveing
established.
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Mine do too, but this is not the PC speakers, it's the internal speaker for
the post beeps, and the chirp was continuous at 60 second intervals, and the
phone was off
 
In the middle of the night, the motherboard speaker began to chirp about
every 60 seconds. The machine had been off for about 6 hours. I disconnected
my PC speakers and turned off the switch on the back of the pc, but it
continued to chirp every 60 seconds until I pulled the speaker connection
off the board. This is an Asus P4C800-E- Deluxe, and there is nothing in the
book regarding any chirp. I reconnected it in the morning and it wouldn't
chirp. I did replace the CMOS battery thinking it could be a low batt
warning, but I haven't been able to find out anything definitive. Any help
appreciated

RBM
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Smoke alarm battery going down?
 
Mine do too, but this is not the PC speakers, it's the internal speaker for
the post beeps,
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And the qbasic BEEP !

I think it is called PC Speaker (so, singular. Indeed, not the
speakers)

Bot sure where I know that from.. maybe setting the sound in old games
like Doom.. "PC Speaker" or "Sound Card". Hmm !
Or, "PC speaker" vs No sound, (that's a more difficult one! But I
always like the PC Speaker sound - the game Xenon2 for example!) !
 
My PC speakers make a noise just before there's an incoming call on my
Mine do too, but this is not the PC speakers, it's the internal speaker for
the post beeps, and the chirp was continuous at 60 second intervals, and the
phone was off
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Hmm, well it doesn't sound like the moby is causing it so it does begin to look
like a CMOS battery issue. I've never heard of them causing a beep, but as they
have a lifetime of more than 5 years then this could be a "new" thing (I'm
easily 5 years out of date with PC hardware).
 
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