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    Does anyone know how to turn off the T61's bips and beeps when it gets plugged/unplugged?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by gordievsky, Dec 12, 2007.

  1. gordievsky

    gordievsky Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey Guys.

    I really like my t61... After I used your clean install guided, that is. :D One nagging thing, though. Whenever I unplug it, or plug it in it does an annoying beep. It seems to be coming from the hardware, not vista.

    I bet others have this "annoyance too."

    Does anyone know how to turn them off?

    Thx.
     
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  2. Arki

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    Open up Power Manager (double click on the battery meter). There's a setting on a certain tab there that you can check or uncheck to enable beeps or not.
     
    Arki, Dec 12, 2007
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    Thanks. The thing is I uninstalled power manager (felt it was redundant) and use "control panel-- power options" only. I've looked through the settings and cant find anything there to shut R2D2 up.

    Any other tips? I dont really want to install power manager.
     
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    If you can get into the BIOS, there is a menu called ALARM. There is an option there where you can disable beeps on power state changes, including plugging in and unplugging your laptop.

    Take care.
     
    Arki, Dec 12, 2007
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    Thx Man. I can use in peace!

    Just for posterity... F1 during startup enters bios.

    Those beeps were killing me!
     
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    you kidding ?!?! . .. I love that sound
     
    miro_gt, Dec 13, 2007
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    I like the beeps! it makes it sound high tech
     
    eyecon82, Dec 14, 2007
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    Really? I think Power Manager is the only portion of the Thinkvantage SW worth installing and it definitely trumps the built in Vista tools. How else are you going to set custom battery charge thresholds? (ie. upper and lower)
     
    ari_m, Dec 15, 2007
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    with the standard XP power control window. Works perfect.
     
    miro_gt, Dec 15, 2007
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    Good thread!!!! Those beeps do piss me off too!!!!
     
    paul_r_d, Dec 16, 2007
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    :confused:

    You can set charge thresholds with the standard XP power window??
     
    Arki, Dec 16, 2007
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