Motherboard Speaker Required?

MagicalShrimp2 · Jul 27, 2014

Hello everyone, I was wondering, since this will be my first build, if i needed a motherboard speaker (to generate a post beep). I don't believe my motherboard comes with one but I'll put a link to it anyways in case it does and I just missed it. Thank you guys in advance

Motherboard: ASUS H81M-D PLUS LGA 1150 Intel H81 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 uATX Intel Motherboard
PCPartpicker: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/MrSlime2314/saved/NLyV3C

volcanoscout · Jul 27, 2014

You don't need a speaker - the motherboard will have a very small speaker mounted on the PCB.

Edit: Sorry, I was wrong. There's a four pin speaker connector on the board for hooking it to a chassis-mounted warning speaker. The cable will be bundled with the rest of the case's front panel I/O connectors. If your case doesn't come with one, you can buy one separately.

Dunlop0078 · Jul 27, 2014

Well of course you dont need it but its nice to have especially if this is your fisrt build it helps a lot with diagnosing any problems you may run into.

Dunlop0078 · Jul 27, 2014

volcanoscout :

No it doesn't.

MagicalShrimp2 · Jul 27, 2014

Dunlop0078 :

I was just curious because the speakers aren't in any of my local stores so I would have to order it online but anyways i wanted to ask if I don't use a speaker how will I tell if everything is working together? Just in case of course. Would the build just not boot up or? Again thanks in advance

volcanoscout · Jul 27, 2014

Dunlop0078 :

See edit above.

Dunlop0078 · Jul 27, 2014

MagicalShrimp2 :

If it boots everything is likely working correctly if it doesn't post or boot and you dont have a speaker to give you an error code then its much harder to diagnose especially if your mobo doesn't have error led's for DRAM, CPU etc.

MagicalShrimp2 · Jul 27, 2014

volcanoscout :

Dunlop0078 :

Okay so basically buying it will just help troubleshooting alright makes sense another, probably final, question. After I test it can I remove the speaker? I have read reviews on the one i found that it may cause a short if the cables fail to hold it.

Dunlop0078 · Jul 27, 2014

MagicalShrimp2 :

volcanoscout :

Dunlop0078 :

Okay so basically buying it will just help troubleshooting alright makes sense another, probably final, question. After I test it can I remove the speaker? I have read reviews on the one i found that it may cause a short if the cables fail to hold it.

You can but i leave mine in. And if thats there logic then anything you plug into your computer can cause a short if your cables fail to hold it. It is very unlikely it will just fall out and if it does i highly doubt it would cause a short.

MagicalShrimp2 · Jul 27, 2014

Dunlop0078 :

MagicalShrimp2 :

volcanoscout :

Dunlop0078 :

Okay so basically buying it will just help troubleshooting alright makes sense another, probably final, question. After I test it can I remove the speaker? I have read reviews on the one i found that it may cause a short if the cables fail to hold it.

You can but i leave mine in. And if thats there logic then anything you plug into your computer can cause a short if your cables fail to hold it. It is very unlikely it will just fall out and if it does i highly doubt it would cause a short.

Okay well thank you both for answering my questions so well

you've been a big help

Dunlop0078 · Jul 27, 2014

No problem.

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