MikeBoa
Topic Starter
Hi,
I just installed everything into a new case - another Cooler Master Centurian 5 (CAC-T05) - including the Abit AL-8 motherboard & I'm getting no beeps from the system speaker (not the computer audio speakers). Pretty sure I was getting them before with the old case, & the case does have a "speaker" wire lead & 4-pin connector coming from the front which I connected to the mobo (tried it both directions).
Pretty sure that this case has a speaker - confirmed by Cooler Master & it does have the connector for it, though I can't see where the wire goes in the front with everything now installed. Pretty sure that the Abit mobo does not have a speaker on the board.
Is there a way on the Abit AL-8 with Abit Guru or somewhere to do a system speaker test? I imagine the best test is when I don't get a beep on boot-up. Otherwise either it's broke or unavailable on the mobo, or the case speaker is broke (or missing). (?)
It's not a real big deal as the Abit mobo has an error led display, but it's one of those trivial things that makes me really wonder what gives.
Addendum: I thought to check the old case - exact same brand & model - & it does have a speaker at the end of the wire on the front.
Addendum2: OK, I went into the BIOS & there is a beep control enable/disable in the guru function, but it won't let me enable it. Whenever I enable it & save it to BIOS, when I go back in it is disabled. So it looks like the Mobo is not allowing beep control to be enabled. Probably because it has an LED display for error codes & this could conflict with the error beep function?