Re: Dell 2400 ... any internal speaker?

Hi!

> Not sure why the internal speaker doesn't work at all (beeps
> or music)

It occurred to me that the internal speaker can be turned off in setup
on my Dimension 8300. I'll bet the 2400 has a similar setting.

However, the internal speaker is just a little tiny thing on the
motherboard and it only plays beeps. Nothing from the sound card will
come through it.

William

I can confirm that, except for the tiny speaker that emits beeps, the Dimension
2400 mobo has no on-board speaker. With connectors both front and rear for
audio in and out, I guess that the designers thoughr one was not needed. As to
why the little speaker does not emit BIOS beeps, I haven't a clue, but I would
never worry about it... Ben Myers

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:53:17 -0500, RnR <> wrote:

>On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:49:14 -0700 (PDT), "William R. Walsh"
><> wrote:
>
>>Hi!
>>
>>> Not sure why the internal speaker doesn't work at all (beeps
>>> or music)
>>
>>It occurred to me that the internal speaker can be turned off in setup
>>on my Dimension 8300. I'll bet the 2400 has a similar setting.
>>
>>However, the internal speaker is just a little tiny thing on the
>>motherboard and it only plays beeps. Nothing from the sound card will
>>come through it.
>>
>>William
>
>Right, there is a setting in the bios but it was turned on as I
>checked it earlier. Anyway my sister in law says she wasn't even
>aware of this internal speaker since she uses her externals so I won't
>worry why I can't get even a beep thru the internal one now. Yeah I'm
>curious but not enough now to spend a day more.. I checked all
>software settings and bios and all was well so I think the speaker is
>burnt or a wire is bad???? Not worth the trouble since she will use
>the externals and I tested the sound as good with a pair of head
>phones I had. So I expect as soon as I get it back to her house, she
>will have sound with her externals hooked up (beeps and music).
>
>Thanks again William.

In news:,
Ben Myers typed on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:15:14 -0400:
> I can confirm that, except for the tiny speaker that emits beeps, the
> Dimension 2400 mobo has no on-board speaker. With connectors both
> front and rear for audio in and out, I guess that the designers
> thoughr one was not needed. As to why the little speaker does not
> emit BIOS beeps, I haven't a clue, but I would never worry about
> it... Ben Myers

As far as I know, all IBM machines (including clones) has a PC speaker which
is only good for beeps. Although MS Flight Simulator III (came out around
1988 I think) did a so-so job making engine sounds from it.

Remember PCs with sound cards were unheard of back in the 80's and very
early 90's. So the only sounds you had was error beeps and that was it.
Things has really changed since then. LOL

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 4GB SSD 2GB SODIMM 16GB SDHC
Windows XP Home SP2 - 10400mAh

If the evil hands get onto the computer again, remember you have two choices:

1. Get new in-laws. There are special upgrade programs for this, with liberal
trade-ins.
2. Charge them good money the next time.

Inform them of the choices when you take the system back to them, so there will
be no surprises in the future. If you fix a mess for free next time, you are
being taken advantage of and unreasonably.

I hate to sound a little bit like Ann Landers here, but... Ben Myers

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:45:58 -0500, RnR <> wrote:

>On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:15:14 -0400, Ben Myers
><> wrote:
>
>>I can confirm that, except for the tiny speaker that emits beeps, the Dimension
>>2400 mobo has no on-board speaker. With connectors both front and rear for
>>audio in and out, I guess that the designers thoughr one was not needed. As to
>>why the little speaker does not emit BIOS beeps, I haven't a clue, but I would
>>never worry about it... Ben Myers
>>
>
>Thanks Ben for the vote of confidence. If I had more time, I'd try
>to dig into it further but since it's not my pc and my sister in law
>would like it back asap, it's not worth the trouble in her case (and
>as you pointed out). I'm still impressed with the dim2400. After a
>fresh install (XP) and some software, it zips right along. I didn't
>even bother to see how much ram there was in it and now I just
>disconnected everything so if I remember I'll check it at her house
>but regardless it works nice (before all the evil hands get back on it
>again).
>
>Thanks Ben again.