Case Speaker

[mattaggie]

I can't find where the speaker cable (has 4 pin connection) from the case plugs into the motherboard. Is this normal? I have looked at the MB manual and physically looked at the MB itself.

MB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128090

Is the case speaker responsible for making the beeps? I dont hear any beeps when I turn it on, even though everything boots properly. Do I need the case speaker?

[freakitchen]

You don't need the case speaker, but it's useful for diagnostic purposes. If things go wrong at boot, the speaker will give you a beep code relevant to the problem. There should be a single beep if everything is working correctly, but obviously you won't hear this if you haven't connected a speaker.

It usually connects to the pins of the front panel header - the same place you connect the LEDs and power/reset switches to. Check your motherboard manual for position and polarity.

[F.E.A.R.]

Also, your motherboard may not have the pins on the mobo, but that would completly depend on how on how old the mobo is or what country its from, i may also be wrong, and as freakitchen said, the beeps are only for the diagnostics and beebs once if correct and constantly if erroe, i just find it annoying when you cant figure out whats wrong!

[XenaWP]

Some mobo's (like my Intel) don't have a case speaker connection since there is "speaker" (for beeps) on the mobo itself. But ... since yours doesn't beep ... hmmm.

[freakitchen]

mattaggie, I downloaded your motherboard manual and looked - the speaker connection is indeed part of the front panel header, detailed on p27 of the PDF I downloaded. It's a four pin connector but only the outer two pins are used.

@XenaWP, Intels are the only boards I've seen recently with the speaker built in. Motherboards sometimes come with an attachable piezo speaker, but you see that less these days.

[mattaggie]

thanks. I found it with the front header like you said. So now I get the annoying single beep, but I find it strangely comforting. thanks for the help.

[F.E.A.R.]

the one beep is nice to hear when you wake up in the morning..............