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Re: beep only in windows

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In article <64ff03fc-b6f3-45d3-a4c6-b4d5ca305e56@x38g2000pri.googlegroups.com>,
rusi  <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> On my dual boot setup linux is working properly (as far as I can tell)
> But windows starts, goes for a while and then gives a long beep.
> The mouse cursor remains active and sometimes I can even shut windows
> down but usually its hung.
> 
> Does not seem like a BIOS issue because its way past POST.
> Not exactly a hardware issue because then it would (I expect) affect
> both windows and linux.
> 
> Any ideas?

In Windows, run Task Manager (ctrl-shift-esc) and look for any unusual
processes.  Don't kill unrecognized things, google them first.  Keep the
window open sorted by CPU use and see if something pops to the top of
the list right before the beep.  Run msconfig and see if weird stuff is
launched.


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