PC speaker does not speak

Mikkel L. Ellertson mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Mon Feb 20 22:07:10 UTC 2006


Mike McCarty wrote:
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>> My beep is through the sound card. I had to adjust it once and it was 
> 
> 
> Ah, but that is not what is usally meant by the term "PC speaker".
> That is the thing that "beeps" after the BIOS has done POST.
> 
On the Thinkpad I have here, the POST 'beep' comes through the
sound card. If you have the volume set too low, you will not
hear it. Then again, it will also play audio CDs without
booting up the computer. So there is some type of hardware or
firmware defaults for the mixer.

Mikkel
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