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    Volume of System Beep

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by The Oatman, Dec 15, 2006.

  1. The Oatman

    The Oatman Notebook Consultant

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    I find the system beep on my T60 pretty loud and obnoxious. This is not a huge problem but if anybody knows of a way to turn the volume on it down I would like to learn.
     
    The Oatman, Dec 15, 2006
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  2. Brigand21

    Brigand21 Notebook Consultant

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    I don't have a T60, but thinking outside the box for a moment, you could try a small square of clear tape over the system speaker. might peel off and look poop after a few weeks but tape is cheap! :D
     
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    what do you mean by the 'system beep'? if you are talking about they keyboard beep when you press 3+ keys at once, you can turn that off. I think it's device manager --> turn on show hidden devices, then disable the 'beep' in 'non-plug and play drivers'.

    If you're talking about some regular beep, the volume nob is probably your only option. Although if you want to stay outside the box, i see no reason to stop at clear tape. You should open up the case and fill the speakers with quick-dry cement. That should effectively lower the volume.
     
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  4. The Oatman

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    The generic system beep that sounds when you adjust your volume directly with the volume control slider for example
     
    The Oatman, Dec 15, 2006
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  5. rhizop0d

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    Um... the volume of the system beep when you raise or lower the volume is there to let you know how loud the system is at the current volume. If it's too loud.... lower the volume.

    Alternatively, you can set/enable/disable system sounds in Control Panel -> Sound sand Audio Devices -> Sounds tab -> Program Events.
     
    rhizop0d, Dec 15, 2006
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  6. The Oatman

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    Negative - My system beep is the same volume no matter what volume the master is set to. I have all windows sounds disabled.
     
    The Oatman, Dec 15, 2006
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    I have the same problem...and all sounds are disabled on my system.
     
    blammer, Dec 16, 2006
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    Right click "my computer"
    Properties - Hardware Tab - Device Manager
    View - select "Show Hidden Devices"
    Under "non-plug and play drives" disable "beep"

    Voila
     
    blammer, Dec 16, 2006
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  9. twister

    twister Notebook Evangelist

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    I hate this beep too :( And, @blammer: I followed your steps, and it still does NOT work!!! When you plug/unplug power supply, it gives you that annoying beep I can't get rid off :(
     
    twister, Dec 17, 2006
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  10. blammer

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    Go into BIOS

    Config --> Alarms

    Disable the first option ("system control beep" I think). The description to the right will say something about when the AC adapter is unplugged.

    Thanks for pointing this out by the way, I hadn't gotten to configing that yet since I hadn't unplugged it.

    Take care....
     
    blammer, Dec 17, 2006
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  11. The Oatman

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    You can disable the power supply beep from the thinkvantage power manager
    the option is called something like beep on power state change.
     
    The Oatman, Dec 17, 2006
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  12. oodsfnsdfz

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    Most of BIOS settings can be also adjusted in the Configuration utility.
     
    oodsfnsdfz, Dec 17, 2006
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  13. twister

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    Excellent, that did the trick (power config setting)!!!
     
    twister, Dec 17, 2006
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