audio problem

[John Abreau]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Laura Conrad <sunny-O0WJhd4tT3hg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> I think the thing to think about is why you're getting a system beep
> but not music.  And the only way I know to think about it is to run a
> mixer.


The system beep comes from the PC speaker -- a tiny speaker on
the motherboard.  Music comes from external speakers plugged
into a sound card.

Even if a motherboard has a built-in audio chipset instead of an
actual sound card, it still has a separate PC speaker for system beeps.


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