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    Loud beep when I turn on my laptop (when USB ports are being used)

    Discussion in 'HP' started by octavia, Apr 24, 2008.

  1. octavia

    octavia Notebook Evangelist

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    It's happened a few times (I've had my laptop for about 2 months, it's a dv6700t). Sometimes when I turn on my laptop, and it's connected to the AC adapter, mouse adapter, printer, USB cooler and Quickdock, the laptop starts beeping very loudly (-.. -.. -.. and so on) and it won't turn on until I disconnect both the cooler and printer, disconnecting any other cable or device doesn't make any difference.

    Does anybody know what can be causing this problem?

    I recorded the beep and uploaded it here
     
    octavia, Apr 24, 2008
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  2. Anadhi

    Anadhi Notebook Consultant

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    ah, I also have this problem, actually you could turning off this annoying beep pretty easily.

    Go to control panel>sound and audio devices>on the tab of device volume , click advanced. You will see sliders (master volume window), go to options>properties>tick the "PC Beep" to make it appears in volume control. Now just mute it.
     
    Anadhi, Apr 24, 2008
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  3. octavia

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    It's not the volume beeping, it happens sometimes when I turn on the computer. I don't want to turn it down or off, I mean, there must be a reason it's doing that.
     
    octavia, Apr 24, 2008
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    disable booting by USB or whatever in the BIOS. the USB devices are conflicting with POST tests. Try a different port or something

    theres a chart somewhere where it explains what the phoniex BIOS beeps mean
     
    flipfire, Apr 25, 2008
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  5. octavia

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    Thank you!
     
    octavia, Apr 26, 2008
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