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Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / March 2006Beeping Powerbook
For some reason my powerbook beeps whenever I type. It's not a system beep, it sounds like it is coming from the hardware or something. It only happens in dreamweaver but occasionaly happens in textedit. Anyone have any ideas? > For some reason my powerbook beeps whenever I type. It's not a system > beep, it sounds like it is coming from the hardware or something. It > only happens in dreamweaver but occasionaly happens in textedit. > Anyone have any ideas? Do any of your programs have an option to make a noise when you're typing...something "audible feedback when typing" or some such?  SignatureLater, John johajohn@indianahoosiers.edu 'indiana' is a 'nolnn' and 'hoosier' is a 'solkk'. Indiana doesn't solkk. | In article <1133760909.025939.195590@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, | | > For some reason my powerbook beeps whenever I type. It's not a system | > beep, it sounds like it is coming from the hardware or something. It | > only happens in dreamweaver but occasionaly happens in textedit. | > Anyone have any ideas? Do you happen to have the Universal Access sticky keys turned on with "beep when modifier key is set"? To check, launch System Preferences and choose Universal Access, then the Keyboard tab. -- Tim Olson > For some reason my powerbook beeps whenever I type. It's not a system > beep, it sounds like it is coming from the hardware or something. It > only happens in dreamweaver but occasionaly happens in textedit. > Anyone have any ideas? I noticed the same on my PB 15" alu bought a week ago. There is an imperceptible sound coming out of the two grids of the speakers while typing in textedit - even if the system sound level is set to 0 or muted. Made some test in other applications. The beeps occurs only while typing in textedit. Looked all over the system and textedit prefs to find a hidden checkbox. Nothing. Not a single clue... If anybody has any solution, it's mostly welcome. I stopped using textedit for this reason. * posted via http://www.mymac.ws * please report abuse to http://xinbox.com/mymac I have this problem too with my powerbook 15" bought a month ago. Good to know I am not the only one. With my test, I think the problem occurs in all the applications that uses NSTextView and not always depending on the text. If i have a pharagraph that emits the sound in TextEdit, I copy the text to Xcode or SideNote or Stikies and it beeps the same when I type. Really annonying. Check the Universal Access Preference Pane and see if anything suspicious is set. I know I had a pet hit some key on the keyboard which enabled some strange behaviors that were in the universal access pane. Perhaps these sounds are part of it. Just my 2 cents. took a quick look in System Prefs -> Universal access -> Keyboard and... found that : "Use click Key Sounds" (Tiger 10.4.4). Went on apple's web site for more info : http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1612.html > 4. To hear a feedback sound each time the computer accepts a > keystroke, select "Use click key sounds." Will try to uncheck this setting and see what happens in a quiet surrounding. Hope it'll help. If you try this out, please post a feedback. * posted via http://www.mymac.ws * please report abuse to http://xinbox.com/mymac (sorry if this threads weird, I don't normally use Google for usenet) I have the same problem with my Powerbook (I found this thread while searching for a solution). I found that the problem disappears if I disable L2 cache using the Processor preference pane, included with the CHUD tools in the developer tools. I called Apple to report this, and am sending the machine in for service, since it sounds to the tech and I like there's a processor or processor cache problem. In addition to the beeping, my CPU spikes almost up to 100% when I scroll in any app, and there's a faint sound that accompanies scrolling as well. If this sounds like your issue, and your machine is in warranty, I do suggest you give Apple a call. If you're interested, I can post an update once my Powerbook comes back from service. -J. My G4 is beeping. If I unplug the charger - it stops Any one else have this happening Its a faint beep - like every 3 seconds - non stop. But again only whe i is on the desk and the charger is plugged in which I do have it plugged in most the time -- DG macosx.com - The Answer to Mac Support - http://www.macosx.co > My G4 is beeping. If I unplug the charger - it stops.Any one else have this > happening?Its a faint beep - like every 3 seconds - non stop. But again only [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > thread: http://www.macosx.com/forums/showthread.php?t=265292macosx.com - The > Answer to Mac Support - http://www.macosx.com Have you tried plugging the PB into a different outlet, or borrowing a different wall adapter? Usually this sort of noise is caused by grounding issues, and is specific to a particular circuit or location (and the above test is for this condition), but it could be other, less obvious things. SignatureLater, John johajohn@indianahoosiers.edu 'indiana' is a 'nolnn' and 'hoosier' is a 'solkk'. Indiana doesn't solkk. Thanks John! Ill try those -- DG macosx.com - The Answer to Mac Support - http://www.macosx.co |
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