"Vince" wrote in message
5.13...
I just double checked -- sounds are disable already. I've also checked my
event logs to see if I'm getting some sort of system error that I could be
addressing. Nothing there.

Is there a system utility around that can intercept calls to the beep
routine to help me trace (like you can with disk IO).

As I just said that, I started to realize that this is perhaps a
discussion
I should move over to a microsoft group ....

I'd still appreciate any ideas anyone has.

Uh-oh!
If you are getting beeps while using the puter, the CPU is overheating and
the motherboard is trying to warn you.
If you have a P4 the speed will be throttled to half-speed, and if you are
using an Athlon, the computer will either shutdown or freeze if the
temperature gets above a certain amount.

Download, install and run Motherboard Monitor (MBM) to check your
temperature.

Check the following things:
(If you don't know anything about it, get someone knowledgeable to do it for
you.)
-check the heatsink and fan is securely fastened to the CPU.
-ensure there is heatsink goop in between cpu and heatsink.
-make sure the fan is running
-ensure temperature alarm is not set at a ridiculously low level eg. 50 deg
C is too low for most Athlons.

If there is still a problem, you may have either a defective CPU or
motherboard.

-m