"Paul" wrote in message
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SC Tom wrote:


*** You're correct on that; my old OEM board had the piezo device on it,
but my new (to me) M2NPV-VM doesn't. It has the solder points and
silkscreen for one, though.
I have sound through a USB sound card and no internal speaker at all
(with or without a pigtail- I looked), but when I boot up, I get the POST
beeps from somewhere inside the PC (no power to the sound system at that
time). I'll have to pull the side of the case the next time I reboot to
see where it's coming from, but there's no obvious spot. It's a small to
mid tower (Compaq SR1124nx) that I've had for years, and it's the only
factory thing left. Everything in it has been replaced at one time or
another, and I am yet to find a speaker :-) That's why I assumed the
beeps were coming from the MB.

The computer cases I have here, they like to hide the speaker in the
front plastic fascia. If you take the thing all apart, eventually you
might be rewarded with a 2" speaker or the like.

If you trace where the SPKR connector and two wire cable go,
you'll eventually find it. It can't escape :-) Start at the
motherboard PANEL header, and work your way back, following
the two wire twisted pair.

Paul

Well, gawrsh, now I REALly feel foolish (hangs head, donkey ears grow). I
have no speaker (or wires either- the MB pins are empty), and nothing on the
board, either. The beeps I hear on boot up are from my UPS- I use it like a
power strip to turn everything on and off. It's to the rear of my PC, and
the beeps it emits sound like they're coming from the PC case. sigh
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SC Tom