Tim wrote: > On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 03:08 -0800, John Cole wrote: > >>Well, the internal speaker is plugged into the motherboard, but I >>don't know how to set the mixer to address it. > > > Just to be perfectly clear... > > Do you mean that you've plugged the speaker into the speaker output on > the motherboard? Which means that it, the speaker, should "beep" at > appropriate times, itself. > > Or do you mean that you've taken the motherboard's speaker output and > cabled it up to the sound card's speaker input? Which means that > speaker beeps will come through the sound system just the same as wave > files, and anything else generated by the sound card? > > NB: Even if the sound card is part of the motherboard, you might still > have to play with cables. > With some motherboards, there is a speaker output from the sound card that provides a mono output that drives a speaker. It usually is controlled by the same control that will drive external speakers. Plugging in an external speaker normally disables this speaker. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
