Some motherboard BIOS beep, ding or play a tune when the heat is getting too high.
But first, why all the spaced out content in your post? It's as if you didn't care to make a good post? Moving on.
The machine looks old enough to need the usual canned air and heatsink compound work. Has that work been done?
-> OK, item 2. It's rare but disable the BEEP service. Here's a link on that.
http://www.7tutorials.com/how-disable-system-beep-windows-7
Bob
This happened for the first time a few weeks ago. My computer dings every 3 minutes whether I'm logged in or not. When it happened before, after about 24 hours it went away on it's own.
Today it started again!! I didn't make any changes to cause it to ding. I went to the event viewer & it said (at the time the dings started): The WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service entered the stopped state.
I went to services & restarted that service. Then I did a search & found this page:
http://batcmd.com/windows/vista/services/winhttpautoproxysvc/
It says to download Restore Default Startup Type for WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service, then run as administrator in a folder that contains winhttp.dll It also says to restart, which I did but the ding is still there!
I'm using vista home premium sp2, have 4 gb ram & 650 gb hard drive. It is a Dell Inspiron 537, here are some specs on it:
Lifestyle
Business
Home & Student
Condition
Refurbished
Operating Systems
Windows Vista Home Premium
Operating System Vista Home Premium
Platform
PC
Orientations Allowed
Vertical
Bays
2 - 5.25" Drive Bays
1 - 3.5", Drive Bays
Internal Bays
2 - 3.5", Drive Bays
Available 3.5", Drive Bays
2
Available 5.25", Drive Bays
1
PCI Slots (Total)
2
PCI Slots (Available)
1
PCI Express X1 Slots (Total)
1
PCI Express X1 Slots (Available)
1
PCI Express X16 Slots (Total)
1
PCI Express X16 Slots (Available)
1
Memory
Type
DDR2
Total Memory
2.0GB
Memory Size
2 x 1GB
Memory Slots (Total)
2
Memory Slots (Available)
0
Maximum Memory Supported
4.0GB
Processor Brand
Intel
Processor Class
Celeron
Processor Number
E1500
Processor Speed
2.2GHz
Processor Interface
LGA775
Processors Supported
1
Processors Onboard
1
More specs here:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5367568
Thanks...

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