no system beep

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westieben

just compleated new build, system works a treat, one thing i cannot
sort
no beep or beeps on start up,changed spk1 lead round,searched every
item in bios cmos for any clues,but am unwilling to enable things i
dont
fully understand

any help would be great
 
westieben said:
just compleated new build, system works a treat, one thing i cannot
sort
no beep or beeps on start up,changed spk1 lead round,searched every
item in bios cmos for any clues,but am unwilling to enable things i
dont
fully understand

any help would be great
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The speaker is not polarized. Reversing the two connections should
not change anything.

In the BIOS, there generally is not a control or option for the beep.
The beep should always be there.

On a successful POST, there should be one beep. The purpose of the
single beep, is to tell you the speaker is working. Error patterns
will be a repetitive beep pattern.

It is possible for a speaker wire to get pinched against sharp metal
on the computer case. If the speaker wire has live +5V on it, the
pinched wire can get so hot, that the insulation gets charred.

If you have a multimeter with an ohms scale, you could check
that the speaker presents some loading, like 16 ohms or 32 ohms
or whatever. That would be measured between the two pins with the
wires in them.

Check that the pin spacing on the speaker connector, matches the spacing
on the PANEL header. If you are recycling a motherboard from a
Dell/HP/Gateway etc., it is possible the header design is not the
same as your case wiring.

Paul
 
Paul;3110751 said:
westieben wrote:-
just compleated new build, system works a treat, one thing i cannot
sort
no beep or beeps on start up,changed spk1 lead round,searched every
item in bios cmos for any clues,but am unwilling to enable things i
dont
fully understand

any help would be great
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The speaker is not polarized. Reversing the two connections should
not change anything.

In the BIOS, there generally is not a control or option for the beep.
The beep should always be there.

On a successful POST, there should be one beep. The purpose of the
single beep, is to tell you the speaker is working. Error patterns
will be a repetitive beep pattern.

It is possible for a speaker wire to get pinched against sharp metal
on the computer case. If the speaker wire has live +5V on it, the
pinched wire can get so hot, that the insulation gets charred.

If you have a multimeter with an ohms scale, you could check
that the speaker presents some loading, like 16 ohms or 32 ohms
or whatever. That would be measured between the two pins with the
wires in them.

Check that the pin spacing on the speaker connector, matches the
spacing
on the PANEL header. If you are recycling a motherboard from a
Dell/HP/Gateway etc., it is possible the header design is not the
same as your case wiring.

Paul
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checked pin allighnment spot on, wires no evidence of any damage
totaly new build not trying to bodge things pity the new system works
like a dream
 
westieben said:
just compleated new build, system works a treat, one thing i cannot
sort
no beep or beeps on start up,changed spk1 lead round,searched every
item in bios cmos for any clues,but am unwilling to enable things i
dont
fully understand

any help would be great
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Does this motherboard give a beep? The ASUS P4PE in my older
system gives no beep. Instead it gives a voice message through
the audio out to indicate a successful boot-up.
 
Ian said:
Does this motherboard give a beep? The ASUS P4PE in my older
system gives no beep. Instead it gives a voice message through
the audio out to indicate a successful boot-up.
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I got the Asus P4P800, Wish I had bought the P4P800E. Never listen to
it. Wow, I should listen the next time. After 3 years, you kinda
fail to think about those things.
 
Ian said:
"westieben" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

just compleated new build, system works a treat, one thing i cannot
sort
no beep or beeps on start up,changed spk1 lead round,searched every
item in bios cmos for any clues,but am unwilling to enable things i
dont
fully understand

any help would be great




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westieben-

Does this motherboard give a beep? The ASUS P4PE in my older
system gives no beep. Instead it gives a voice message through
the audio out to indicate a successful boot-up.
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audio fully hooked up nothin
 
westieben said:
audio fully hooked up nothing
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westieben...
It may, or may not be a misconnection or any problem with your audio
connections or speakers as responders to your query have indicated.

Be aware that quite a few motherboards have been released during the past
few years that simply don't beep during the bootup process. It's not an
unusual turn of events at all. Assuming you're not experiencing any other
problems with your system I wouldn't be concerned about this.
Anna
 
Anna;3110875 said:
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"westieben" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

just compleated new build, system works a treat, one thing i cannot
sort
no beep or beeps on start up,changed spk1 lead round,searched every
item in bios cmos for any clues,but am unwilling to enable things i
dont
fully understand

any help would be great
westieben---

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Ian D;3110784 Wrote:-
Does this motherboard give a beep? The ASUS P4PE in my older
system gives no beep. Instead it gives a voice message through
the audio out to indicate a successful boot-up.--


"westieben" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message
audio fully hooked up nothing
--
westieben-


westieben...
It may, or may not be a misconnection or any problem with your audio
connections or speakers as responders to your query have indicated.

Be aware that quite a few motherboards have been released during the
past
few years that simply don't beep during the bootup process. It's not an

unusual turn of events at all. Assuming you're not experiencing any
other
problems with your system I wouldn't be concerned about this.
Anna
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thanks for that puts my mind at rest a bit, i thought all boards made a
sound
 
just compleated new build, system works a treat, one thing i cannot
sort
no beep or beeps on start up,changed spk1 lead round,searched every
item in bios cmos for any clues,but am unwilling to enable things i
dont
fully understand

any help would be great
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Sure. Ask a computer tech or store. Your problem has NOTHING to do
with XP and as such is out of place HERE.

Ask elsewhere.
 
Farad'n said:
Sure. Ask a computer tech or store. Your problem has NOTHING to do
with XP and as such is out of place HERE.

Ask elsewhere.
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Farad'n is our resident 13 year old mentally ill ****wit. You can safely
ignore him - everyone else does.

He has a single obsession with people posting perfectly welcome questions
about hardware to a hardware newsgroup. He has contributed nothing himself.
 
Farad'n;3110975 said:
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just compleated new build, system works a treat, one thing i cannot
sort
no beep or beeps on start up,changed spk1 lead round,searched every
item in bios cmos for any clues,but am unwilling to enable things i
dont
fully understand

any help would be great-

Sure. Ask a computer tech or store. Your problem has NOTHING to do
with XP and as such is out of place HERE.

Ask elsewhere.well well after all the great help iv recieved
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we realy need you
 
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