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    Annoyed...

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by waterloo, Apr 17, 2007.

  1. waterloo

    waterloo Notebook Evangelist

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    Anyone know how i can stop the beeps coming from thinkpads?

    especially the fan error beep that I get when I boot up the laptop...

    I kno the fan is dieing but i just can't get it fixed right now and in school it is very annoyin and it pisses the teacher off :mad:...

    Any ideas are welcome (except replacing the fan :))

    thanks :D
     
    waterloo, Apr 17, 2007
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    z_24 Notebook Consultant

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    Have you looked into BIOS under alarm? And Power Management?
     
    z_24, Apr 17, 2007
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    paqtrick22 Notebook Evangelist

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    you can't take that away i believe, those beeps are like warning or alerts that you cannot do specific actions (multiple letter presses, not in window typing etc...)
     
    paqtrick22, Apr 17, 2007
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    chaosrl Notebook Consultant

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    It is possible to remove it. Posted by Wiz over at ThinkPads.com:

    In Device Manager choose View-Show Hidden Devices from the menu, under Non-Plug and Play Devices disable Beep. Not sure if you have to reboot to make it active, but that should remove the annoying beep.

    Worked like a charm for me. :)

    Edit: I do believe you need to reboot for it to have an effect.
     
    chaosrl, Apr 19, 2007
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  5. waterloo

    waterloo Notebook Evangelist

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    Chaosrl... Didn't try ur idea... THANKS ALOT THOUGH!!! instead I wiped out windows xp and installed windows 2000... The thing can run @ 90c and it won't beap no more :D...

    I will definately get this old laptop of mine fixed up though =)...
     
    waterloo, Apr 19, 2007
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