Mysterious irritating sound

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Hugh Beyer

I have a new Dell D600 with WinXP installed--my first experience with it.
All is well EXCEPT that every couple of seconds it emits this sound, a
multiple-boing on a descending scale. I can eliminate it by setting the
sound scheme to "No Sounds" but I kind of like the lower-impact system
sounds. Is there any way to figure out what program is making what sound? I
walked through the system sound control looking for this particular sound
and it wasn't there. Any other way to deal with it?

Hugh
 
One of the most obvious to me would be to check the sounds setting for
wireless in/out of range. Do you have an infra-red printer or pda near the
computer?

You can check all sounds by simply clicking the right pointing arrow next to
the name of the sound to see if you can duplicate it. Scroll down the list
(Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices Properties, Sounds, Program
Events}and check each sound. When you find the one you want to get rid of,
simply change that sound to none.
 
I have a new Dell D600 with WinXP installed--my first experience with it.
All is well EXCEPT that every couple of seconds it emits this sound, a
multiple-boing on a descending scale. I can eliminate it by setting the
sound scheme to "No Sounds" but I kind of like the lower-impact system
sounds. Is there any way to figure out what program is making what sound? I
walked through the system sound control looking for this particular sound
and it wasn't there. Any other way to deal with it?

Hugh
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Do you use clipmate? I have that program on my "try this software" list.
While reading about it, several people mentioned that it makes a "boing"
noise.
 
I see you're suffering from MBS (Mysterious Boing Syndrome). Fortunately, we
have a cure.

Go to Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Sounds tab. At the bottom
of this so-called properties sheet is a window called 'Program events:'
where you'll see the sounds that have been assigned to various things that
go in your computer. As you click on each 'event' you'll see an arrowhead
pointing to the right. Click on the arrowhead to hear the sound associated
with the event. That should identify the boing.

If that doesn't help, post back and we'll try the next step.
 
One of the most obvious to me would be to check the sounds setting for
wireless in/out of range. Do you have an infra-red printer or pda near
the computer?

You can check all sounds by simply clicking the right pointing arrow
next to the name of the sound to see if you can duplicate it. Scroll
down the list (Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices Properties,
Sounds, Program Events}and check each sound. When you find the one you
want to get rid of, simply change that sound to none.
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Got it. It was the touch pad. What idiot thinks you want an extremely
disruptive sound whenever you use the touch pad?

Hugh
 
Hugh

Just a thought. I get that noise (so do others as it's the default) when a
USB device becomes unplugged (and the ascending two notes when it is plugged
in). Just a thought. Have you got a USB device with an iffy connection?

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions
 
MBS, good one!

Ted Zieglar said:
I see you're suffering from MBS (Mysterious Boing Syndrome). Fortunately,
we
have a cure.

Go to Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Sounds tab. At the bottom
of this so-called properties sheet is a window called 'Program events:'
where you'll see the sounds that have been assigned to various things that
go in your computer. As you click on each 'event' you'll see an arrowhead
pointing to the right. Click on the arrowhead to hear the sound associated
with the event. That should identify the boing.

If that doesn't help, post back and we'll try the next step.
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