Err, if it's beeping, there's probably a good reason. Heat is a big one. You may want to make sure your heat sink is properly secured, and that the fans in your case are running. You may also want to find the manual for your motherboard and read it to see if you're getting a specific beep code for what's wrong. -- Michael Vieths Foeclan at Visi.com On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Robert P. Goldman wrote: > > [Figured the subject line would get your attention!] > > Here's my problem: my linux box (Mandrake 8.1, with Mandrake's kernel > version 2.4.8-34mdk), under conditions of heavy load, and especially > when printing, will start beeping the system bell, VERY LOUD (actually > VERY VERY VERY VERY LOUD). Usually this will stop eventually, but may > be so deafening, that I will reboot to make it stop. > > Any clues about how to disable this behavior? I can't figure out how > the heck it comes to pass. There's nothing in my system logs to > indicate any system distress, and everything seems to run hunky-dory. > > It's a celeron 450 on an ASUS motherboard. I'd hate to have to muck > with it, but I'm getting desperate enough to try to snip off the > beeper if that's what it takes.... > > r > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >