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- From: mikey@ontek.com (euphausia superba)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.misc
- Subject: Re: How to turn PC speaker off?
- Message-ID: <2208@ontek.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 19:50:42 GMT
- References: <17645@umd5.umd.edu>
- Organization: Ontek Corporation -- Laguna Hills, California
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- | Is there any way to turn the PC speaker off so that there will be no
- | beeps if a certain function call failed. I do not have access to this
- | particular function call which beeps at failure. So I am looking for
- | a way to prevent the PC from generating some beeping noise.
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- This involves a simple hardware mod. Turn off the power, disconnect the
- line cord and open the PC's case so you can get at the motherboard.
- Locate the speaker and take a sharp tool like a pencil and poke several
- small holes around the center of the speaker until the voice coil has been
- disabled. Close it up and turn it on and test. If you unplug your PC and
- move it to a different office, the speaker remains disabled, so I believe
- this is a portable solution to the problem.
-
- the krill
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