(Worked Around) Installed MS-DOS 6.22

When attempting to tab complete a filename when the prompt is not specific enough and loud beep comes from my system speaker. I have tried plugging in headphones / earbuds to make the sound smaller - It is so loud. I looked in the bios for a way to quiet it - no luck. Of couse DOS / FreeDOS knows nothing of the volume buttons.

I use the machine sometimes when the wife is sleeping in another room and I think it might even be loud enough to wake her. I do not want that.

  • WasPentaliveOPEnglish
    2•2 months ago

    You’d think plugging in headphones or earbuds would work, disabling the internal speaker --I tried both. The beep is still loud and coming still from the internal speaker.

    • @lewdian69
      2•2 months ago

      You can unplug the speaker with no issues. Will be a 2 pin connector at bottom right of the motherboard near the power switch, led, reset switch etc. If you need to hear the beeps in the future for some other reason just plug it back in.
      I’m trying to think back but on PCs I can’t ever remember that speaker producing anything but a beep even prior to soundcards existing or being integrated. I wonder if motherboards have a default beep and no other options?

      • WasPentaliveOPEnglish
        1•2 months ago

        It’s a laptop. I am not sure even how to properly open it. I have plugged in wired earbuds but they don’t silence the speaker.

        • @lewdian69
          1•2 months ago

          Ahhhhh well that changes things! Doh.