I could have sworn I posted on this a long time ago but for some reason I can't find it on my blog. In any case, this is worth posting even twice as the problem still exists with T60 Laptops, even on my brand new T60p.
Problem
During normal day-to-day use of my T60p Lenovo laptop as I type it tends to occasionally BEEP. This is an annoying system beep that cannot be easily turned off or muted.
One scenario that recreates this is simply pressing the F, G and H keys at the same time. Many other scenarios cause the same issue and it simply drives me crazy. (and the BEEP just happened as I typed this sentence <grin>).
Solution
While for a long time I lived with this problem and did my best to ignore it, eventually I had enough. The solution was easy to find as Elliot Lee posted a fix on his blog back on 12/20/2006 (see this link)
To save you a click, this is how you fix it straight from Elliots instructions:
1. Open the Device Manager. You can do this from My Computer -> Properties -> Hardware -> Device Manager.
2. Show Hidden Devices. You can do this from View -> Show hidden devices. This is where I was stuck: I didn’t know the Device Manager had hidden devices.
3. Under Non-Plug and Play Drivers, open the properties for Beep. Go to Driver -> Stop, and the beeping will cease. I think you can also Disable the device, but for me, this would require a reboot.
The one thing I would explicitly add to his instructions is "Also, configure the Startup TYPE setting to Disabled if you don't want the beeping to return after a reboot"
Impacted Operating Systems
For me this problem occurred on both my old laptop running Windows XP and now my new one running Vista. This does not surprise me really since the fix to this problem involves tweaking drivers that must be common to both operating systems.
Note: I have personally confirmed that the instructions above fix the problem in both XP and Vista.
Lenovo and IBM, same problem persists.
I originally hit this problem with my old IBM ThinkPad series laptop. Recently though the personal computing division of IBM has been acquired by Lenovo and the problem continues just under a different vendor name.
In closing I just want to say again that I owe Elliot many thanks for figuring this out and I hope his or my post resolves your beeping nightmare. I also recommend checking out Elliot's blog at the URL below:
11 comments:
THANK YOU
Worse than the beep alone.. is the beep when you're listening to some good music, hooked up the laptop to the stereo... turned the volume wayyy up and started typing... and then it goes BEEEEEP!!! Almost shattered my ears
Comments like this make my day :).
I had exactly the same experience until I found the answer
Had the same problem and found your blog via google.
I'd add to your solution that it may be necessary to go into the BIOS menu on startup (Hold down ESC).
At the BIOS menu, go to Config>Alarms>Power Control and set the beep to disable.
Thanks for the post - good info.
oh, god. thank you. thank you. :)
Ah, another happy customer :)
Thank you! The beep was driving me crazy... And all my coworkers with me
I had the same experience when i had this issue twice, my co-workers wanted to kill me until i fixed it :).
Thanks!
NP, Thanks for stopping by!
You made my neighbor very happy! Thank You!
Spreading joy in the world is one of my goals :). Thank you for the comment.
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