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05-13-2004, 06:30 PM
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Member (10 bit)
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
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How many have turned off their system speaker?
I didn't like that system speaker beeping at me during bootup and other routine procedures so I disconnected it and I am just curious if others have done the same.
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05-13-2004, 06:33 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Toronto
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Mines still on. Very rarely do i get beeps.
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05-13-2004, 06:53 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Alaska
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Boot...up...?
Who turns off a computer?  I don't bother to since I figure I only bootup after a restart, which is only after a week or so or a program install that wants a restart.
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05-13-2004, 07:01 PM
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Lest we forget
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Ontario, Canada
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I keep my computer on all the time but my system speaker works. If my real speakers are on then it comes out of them(and VERY loud)
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05-13-2004, 07:27 PM
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Member (10 bit)
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Toronto
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wow i've been noticing lately a lot of people are keeping their PCs on all the time. mines in my bedroom so I don't do that (too loud even with the Sonata lol). I don't really have a need for it either.
If you don't want the beeps during bootup, set your PC to quiet boot in your BIOS mike |
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05-13-2004, 08:29 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Alaska
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Quote:
 ) Not sure how the beeps would be all that troubling though 
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05-13-2004, 08:36 PM
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Member (14 bit)
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Offenbach/Main (Germany)
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My PC doesn't beep anyway at bootup, so it will only boot when something is wrong.
And for that, I keep it on  RJ
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05-13-2004, 08:46 PM
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Folding For PCMech
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: San Dimas, CA
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I keep mine plugged in. What if your PC doesn't boot, and you are getting a beep code? You wouldn't know that without it plugged in.
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05-13-2004, 08:55 PM
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iTroll
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: 818
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I hate having it on and if I do need to check for a problem then its not that hard to connect it.
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05-13-2004, 09:19 PM
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Member (12 bit)
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Illinois
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Same as RJ
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05-13-2004, 09:33 PM
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Member (14 bit)
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Christmas, Florida
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I get a beeep for each usb device on boot up and I want to know that every thing is working if and when I ever reboot.
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05-13-2004, 09:40 PM
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Certified Audio Nut
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Washington State
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Mine beeps once at startup and the Asus POST reporter tells me if anything is wrong. The beep certainly doesn't bother me. I don't see how it could bother anyone.
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05-14-2004, 09:24 AM
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Member (10 bit)
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Corpus Christi, Tx
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Mine runs 24 hrs. My gaming machine has the speaker still connected but the new build in a Antec P160 case did not come with a speaker. After I finished putting it together I double checked everything and just crossed my fingers and hoped it would POST the first time. Fortunatly it did and all was fine.
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05-14-2004, 04:57 PM
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Member (11 bit)
Join Date: Jul 2002
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The system speaker on my G5 Mac is an actual speaker so it stays on all the time. I had no idea this was the case until I brought the thing home . It's not a great speaker, so I have a nice 3 piece set hooked up too, but it does the job in a pinch. Not too many PC's come with built in speakers I guess.
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05-14-2004, 05:12 PM
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Certified Audio Nut
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Washington State
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The only built in speaker you'll find in a PC is the little .25 watt monster.
Mine is built into the motherboard and I'm guessing most newer ones are that way. I blew up an old PC speaker out of my old, old computer by hooking it up to a 100watt stereo and turning it up all the way. That thing was hot. Ouch! It was only 400 times the maximum power for that speaker.
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05-16-2004, 10:05 PM
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Gremlin Overlord
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Australia
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hahahaha
I leave my computer on at daytime, as I'm not always in my room, but turn it off at night so I can sleep, as I live in accommodation |
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05-16-2004, 10:14 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: near the left coast of Michigan
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One with, two without and shut them all down every nite or when I'm gone from the house. The one 'with' has an Asus A7N8X - E Deluxe mobo that has the voice notification. Now THAT is annoying - and is now disabled in bios!
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05-16-2004, 10:34 PM
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Member (11 bit)
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: BC, Canada
Posts: 1,054
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I never knew you could turn off the system speaker...
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