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    Constant beeping

    Greetings, does anyone happen to have any idea what might be causing my constant beeping? It is not a POST beep code. This beeping starts as soon as Windows finishes loading and the desktop is shown. (which is of course after I log-in)

    If I mute the "System Sounds" as seen in the following screenshot, the beeping stops. However, now I don't get any "dings" and such when messageboxes pop up.



    Sound from other applications (such as games, youtube, etc) continues to work after "System Sounds" has been muted.

    Thank you

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    Re: Constant beeping

    if you have an infrared receiver onboard, try disabling it in control panel.
    Cheers, David



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    Re: Constant beeping

    Now I'm embarrassed. At your suggestion, I disabled a bunch of stuff including the 2nd keyboard I have plugged in (because I have both a wired and a wireless keyboard). It turns out one of the keys was stuck down.

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    Re: Constant beeping

    Just made me think of this.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTzByQTeyJQ
    throw new ArgumentException (String, String, Exception)

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    Re: Constant beeping

    Quote Originally Posted by latrosicarius View Post
    Now I'm embarrassed. At your suggestion, I disabled a bunch of stuff including the 2nd keyboard I have plugged in (because I have both a wired and a wireless keyboard). It turns out one of the keys was stuck down.
    It was the first thing I though of when I saw the first post. Of course, I've never done it
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    Re: Constant beeping

    Quote Originally Posted by DrATty View Post
    It was the first thing I though of when I saw the first post. Of course, I've never done it
    I was going to chime in with the same advice! The thing with my keyboard wasn't that the key was stuck down, but that an uncooked grain of rice was stuck under the key, pressing on the sensor! Very annoying, because I invariably went all around the houses looking for software fixes, only to find it was an artrfact from the daughters cooking efforts .

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    Re: Constant beeping

    Do not be embarrassed, you solved my problem. I had to re-install my audio driver and afterwards constant beep from system sounds, but not through headphones. Looking for a solution and second keyboard reminded me I had a second keyboard attached and it was on the floor upside down causing the noise. I thought there was some serious issue.

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    Re: Constant beeping

    As the problem was resolved 2 1/2 years ago....
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    Re: Constant beeping

    Quote Originally Posted by darknessblade View Post
    ok. can you close the topic then to prevent furter confusion for other members, since i couldnt find it in the topic or it was solved or not
    Well if you read the posts...

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    Re: Constant beeping

    Quote Originally Posted by darknessblade View Post
    ok. can you close the topic then to prevent furter confusion for other members, since i couldnt find it in the topic or it was solved or not
    Done, and bumping posts deleted.
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