"Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message
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> =?Utf-8?B?cGFzdGlz?= wrote:
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>> what is a bios alarm, where is it and how do you adjust or stop it!
>> cheers
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> One thing it can be is an alarm set in the bios that will warn you if
> your cpu is running too hot, or above the temps you have set in the
> bios.
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In general, the BIOS 'beeps' indicate possible hardware problems; since
you're not yet in Windows, it obviously can't alert you to problems with
dialogue boxes and so forth, so gives simple beeps from the internal system
speaker.

Various sequences of beeps indicate a particular problem e.g. three short
beeps might indicate the keyboard is not detected/unplugged, or two long
beeps indicate bad memory.

The user manual for your Motherboard would tell you what signals indicate
the various hardware issues that could arise.

To turn "off" the signal.....I don't know if you can. But you can probably
*unplug* the speaker.....or disable the internal speaker in the BIOS
settings.

If nothing else, it indicates a problem - as does any alarm - burglar alarm,
car alarm, fire alarm....whatever. I would try and trace and fix the
problem rather than ignore it.