loud continuous beep

bjelliott51 · 08-20-2007, 07:25 PM

I have to keep my laptop on "mute" because it lets out this ear piercing sound (almost like a smoke alarm). This started a few days ago. I had just turned the laptop (Vaio) on for like a half hour when it started. I took the battery out and waited a good half hour before reinstalling it and it did it again. Everything else is running smoothly.

I am a novice when it comes to computers so I called the Vaio 1-800 number and they said to reinstall the sound card. Does this sound right? (no pun intended). I haven't done anything yet. Just can't listen to music, etc. anymore till I get this all worked out. The laptop is about 18 mos old.

Thank you for anybody's help.

**justpassingby** · 08-20-2007, 07:27 PM

Hi bjelliott51 and welcome to TSF !

Sounds like some overheating warning signal to me... I'll ask someone to move this thread to the laptop support section where you'll have better advices.

bjelliott51 · 08-20-2007, 08:00 PM

Thank you for your help. I hope I can navigate to that place.

**justpassingby** · 08-20-2007, 08:11 PM

Don't worry, there'll be a link here in place of your thread for you to get there

You can already tell us about the exact model ID of your Sony Vaio laptop.

**TheMatt** · 08-23-2007, 04:36 PM

Hi,

Download Notebook Hardware Control (NHC) Personal from my sig below. Install it and in the main tab, make a note of the temperatures that you see as you go about your usual tasks. Post them back here so I can determine if the shutdowns are overheating related.

08-20-2007, 07:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
bjelliott51 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 3 OS: WINDOWS XP	loud continuous beep I have to keep my laptop on "mute" because it lets out this ear piercing sound (almost like a smoke alarm). This started a few days ago. I had just turned the laptop (Vaio) on for like a half hour when it started. I took the battery out and waited a good half hour before reinstalling it and it did it again. Everything else is running smoothly. I am a novice when it comes to computers so I called the Vaio 1-800 number and they said to reinstall the sound card. Does this sound right? (no pun intended). I haven't done anything yet. Just can't listen to music, etc. anymore till I get this all worked out. The laptop is about 18 mos old. Thank you for anybody's help.

08-20-2007, 07:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
justpassingby Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 6,219 OS: XP Home SP3 / Ubuntu My System	Re: loud continuous beep Hi bjelliott51 and welcome to TSF ! Sounds like some overheating warning signal to me... I'll ask someone to move this thread to the laptop support section where you'll have better advices. __________________ Malware removal steps. Post your logs there and not here ! Posting system specs

08-20-2007, 08:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
bjelliott51 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 3 OS: WINDOWS XP	Re: loud continuous beep Thank you for your help. I hope I can navigate to that place.

08-20-2007, 08:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
justpassingby Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 6,219 OS: XP Home SP3 / Ubuntu My System	Re: loud continuous beep Don't worry, there'll be a link here in place of your thread for you to get there You can already tell us about the exact model ID of your Sony Vaio laptop. __________________ Malware removal steps. Post your logs there and not here ! Posting system specs

08-23-2007, 04:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,701 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: loud continuous beep Hi, Download Notebook Hardware Control (NHC) Personal from my sig below. Install it and in the main tab, make a note of the temperatures that you see as you go about your usual tasks. Post them back here so I can determine if the shutdowns are overheating related. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides