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Windows Me: Weird Ding at Startup
Weird Ding at Startup
by Vin - 10/4/04 4:14 PMWhen I start the computer (has WinME), just after the WinME logo but before the desktop icons start to appear, the machine gives out a loud "ding" sound and startles everyone in the room. It wasn't so last year. What to do to eliminate this? Haven't installed any new programs except Ad-aware, Spybot, Window Washer and Skype. But I believe this pestilence started before any of these were installed. TIA
Vin
P.S. Thanks for the help on my previous question.
Re: Weird Ding at Startup
by Stan Chambers - 10/4/04 6:30 PM In reply to: Weird Ding at Startup by VinSorry Vin, but I've never had a dinger before. Could be a malfunctioning case speaker. A single beep is common at boot.
Re: Weird Ding at Startup
by Vin - 10/4/04 11:43 PM In reply to: Re: Weird Ding at Startup by Stan ChambersThanks Ernie. Maybe what you call "single beep" is what I mis-characterized as a loud ding. But is there a way to stop it altogather? I keep volume control very low all the time and it works -- for all other things except at boot. TIA
Vin
Beep at Startup
by R. Proffitt
- 10/5/04 5:21 AM
In reply to: Re: Weird Ding at Startup by Vin
Upon an owners request, we can unplug the motherboard speaker or muffle it with some foam and duck tape.
Bob
Re: Weird Ding at Startup
by gthurman - 10/10/04 6:23 AM In reply to: Re: Weird Ding at Startup by VinPeriodically I get a strange 'alarm' sound at boot. Since I am running several anti-virus, etc. programs I wondered if it was connected. I re-booted in safe mode, ran system maintenance. The sound stopped. Everytime I hear it now, I run sys-maint and it quits. I think it's a warning from one of the protection systems that something has been modified.
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