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im running a packard bell iconnect 1300, celeron 700 Mhz microprocessor,64 mb im on windows me .pc is working ok but there is a constant beeping noise all the time. its like constant morse code its drivin me mad.please help.my pc is about 5years old
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sorry but im bit of a pc novice if you mean open the base unit done it but cant really see were its comin from thanks
That would be a wonder, to see the sound. You might need to play around with a sensitive microphone or listen through a cardboard cylinder or so to locate the exact source. You're sure it isn't the speaker?
Kees
its not the speakers.it beeps when the speakers are disconnected it sounds like its comin from the backend of the base unit .the beep is comin through the speakers the higher the volume, the higher the beep
If you've disconnected the system speakers and you still get a noise(beeps), then you have a "vibration" or resonance sound. A fan when going out can do this as it spurts along in stop&go operation, check all fans to include the power supply. A loosen screw on some area is vibrating or gone(dropped) and the loosen device, clamp, plate, whatever has enough force to vibrate. Last, a modem card with mounted speaker can cause feedback due to degraded condition and RFI(interference) gets routed thru the speaker. The movement of the mouse can cause this as well. If modem, remount in another slot or replace. -OR- try another mouse. All of this maybe the result of a 5yr. old system that starting to degrade enough for flaky or weird problems if anything, annoyance. Look into all that plus what other posters suggested. A good cleaning and then inspection is always in order.
tada -----Willy 
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