Pc Speaker making the volume beep!?!

[HonestJhon]

Well, not sure how long this has been doing this ( i dont usually do the volume control this way), but yesterday, i noticed that when i change the volume using the windows slider (click once on the speaker icon in the taskbar, and then left-click, and slide to a new volume), the usual sound card and "real" speaker produced tone is played by the PC speaker... a nice low tone comes out each time i click it.
dont know what is causing this, or how to fix it.
i tried reinstalling my sound card drivers, but that didnt do anything.
system specs:
Amd athlon 900 (oced to 1070, but didnt do this even overclocked)
256 megs pc2100 ddr
ECS k7s5a latest cheepobios (<A HREF="http://www.ocworkbench.com" target="_new">http://www.ocworkbench.com</A>)
40 gig maxtor d740x(nonquiet drive)
10gig maxtor 5400rpm
24x ikebana burner
16x liteon dvd
Hercules gamesurround fortissimo 2 DE (latest drivers from herc.)

if you need any more info...let me know.
oh yeah, running windows XP pro, with the beta SP....got from a friend...)

anyone have any ideas?

-DAvid

-Live, Learn, then build your own computer!-

 

[jiffy]

Lol.......that's one of the ways I check my sound, in fact I check there first if I have reason to believe I have no sound. If you don't like the feature u can go to Sound and Audio Devise Properties and uncheck for it won't show up in the task bar.




Hey Baby, want to play with my computer?

 

[Jes12345]

Hmmm

I dont think Jiffy understands your situation. If I understand correctly you dont want the sounds being played out of your PC speaker right?

If thats the case I would think about AUTOEXEC.BAT, Emulators, old games, thing like that.

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[jiffy]

Your right, I did misunderstand, but does it matter which speakers make the noise? I really don't see the problem, there are other ways to control the volume. Taking a shot in the dark I would think it was the mobo, but it's just a guess. I never heard of such.




Hey Baby, want to play with my computer?

 

[Jake75]

I have the exact same problem and it made me crazy.
Just because of this I´m not using WindowsXP anymore.





Ehrm...not really
Well, It does make an annoying sound though.

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[HonestJhon]

it isnt annoying, i just wanted to know if this was normal..lol..
seems like it is, so i wont sweat it.
thanks a lot guys!


-DAvid

-Live, Learn, then build your own computer!-

 

[OldBear]

You have something I don't.
I am jealous.

<b><font color=green>Patience is being able to keep your light on after your fuse has blown.

 

[Jes12345]

Another thing I though of as well. Have you been disabling any services with Win XP?

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[HonestJhon]

only things i disabled in win xp was the auto clock updater, and the auto update thing. i used XP anti spy t do this.


-DAvid

-Live, Learn, then build your own computer!-

 

[pat]

simple. Go to your sound properties-sound tab and make sure you are using some sound for your system first. Then, if you are at NO SOUND in the sounds model, then you should activate all of them and remove only those you dont want.

Because, if you are like me and want a silent computer, you must have turned off all the sound in sound properties so the system use the PC speakers for the volume, exactly as me.

-Always put the blame on you first, then on the hardware !!!

 

[HonestJhon]

only my fortissimo2 is enabled...
and it is working...because i can play mp3s, other system sounds come out of the real speakers...
i can play games.
no problems.
im just not worrying about it...it just seems to be a nuisance...
but thanks for the input.

-DAvid

-Live, Learn, then build your own computer!-

 

[pat]

If you can hear other system sound, then maybe it is only the 'default sound' in the option that is diseabled

-Always put the blame on you first, then on the hardware !!!