disable PC speaker sound on simultaneous key press?

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disable PC speaker sound on simultaneous key press?

#1 Post by sergeycentral » Fri May 19, 2006 4:35 pm

After playing some games on my T60p I noticed that the PC speaker sounds (sometimes) when keys are pressed simultaneously. Is there a way to disable this annoying sound?
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#2 Post by GoofyG28 » Fri May 19, 2006 8:46 pm

I hate it, too. I haven't looked into it, but I did turn off the BEEP that you get when you plug in your AC power in the BIOS config screen. Maybe it's in there, too.
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#3 Post by sergeycentral » Fri May 19, 2006 9:28 pm

strangely enought it beeps when you press 3 keys at once that are all adjacent to each other.
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#4 Post by nichao » Sat May 20, 2006 1:09 pm

This has been bugging me since i received my Thinkpad. Luckily, I found the solution via Google today:
This one came from one of the users on the ThinkPad Mailing List and it's a very welcomed fix! There are a number of key combinations that cause a ThinkPad to beep at seemingly random times. For example, if you hold down W E and R there's no beep, but if you hold down T Y and U the machine beeps at you (and really has no reason to).

The fix - thanks Deanna! - is simple. Go to Device Manager and "Show Hidden Devices". Under "Non-Plug and Play Drivers" you'll see an item named "Beep". Disable that and the "random beep" disappears. Once done, of course, you can hide the hidden devices again. ( http://www.randyrants.com/2004/02/ibm_thinkpad_t4.html )
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#5 Post by GoofyG28 » Sat May 20, 2006 1:42 pm

I love you!!! :lol:
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#6 Post by johhn14 » Sat May 20, 2006 5:48 pm

thank you as well! that beep <strike>drives</strike> drove me crazy!
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#7 Post by sergeycentral » Sat May 20, 2006 7:43 pm

thank you very much as well!


Admins, you may want to add this to the FAQ...?
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