3 years ago
PC speaker beeping
When the game is ready to start (after the splash screen), my PC makes a long beep, then the game starts. The same sound happens when I am traveling. Just before the scene opens, it beeps.
When the game is ready to start (after the splash screen), my PC makes a long beep, then the game starts. The same sound happens when I am traveling. Just before the scene opens, it beeps.
@LeeQuiring Does the in-game beep sound like the one in the video this other person posted?
Does the sound definitely come from the game, or from your computer but possibly outside the game? Does it persist if you use a different sound output device that uses a different type of connection, for example built-in speakers vs. headphones connected via jack?
Not seeing their file, I can only concur with what they are saying. Only it happens more than once, as I said.
It is most definitely my PC speaker. Audio is disabled on my motherboard, I'm using a Presounus Studio 6|8 instead. It doesn't come through my reference speakers. I would describe it as the same sound you hear when your PC isn't going to start.
@LeeQuiring Are you saying you tested with other speakers, and the sound doesn't come through there; or that you have other speakers plugged in and idle and not making that sound? I just want to be sure that the sound only happens when you're using your preferred speakers.
For those, you can try updating their drivers, and in fact it's worth checking for updates for everything. Hit Windows key-X, select the Device Manager, open the Audio section, click on each entry in turn, and click the black and green Update button. Windows may inform you that a device already has a fully-updated driver, which is fine; the point is to check. Repeat the process for the Sound section, then restart your computer.
As I said, audio is disabled on the motherboard. There are no optional ways to hear this. There is an outboard audio device, and there is the tiny PC speaker for alerts.
All audio devices are already up to date. It's not drivers.
@LeeQuiring I understood that in general, but I was asking how you tested. You can probably reenable onboard audio and disable it again later, I mean if it's not broken.
It's not the coffee pot. It's not a wav type audio event. It is an alert, coming through only on the PC speaker. The same sound as a Windows error. I can't be any more clear than this.
@LeeQuiring I was going by your thought that what you heard might be the same issue as the other player reported, having not reproduced it myself at the time. Since you're sure it's different now, I've split your posts again. Good luck resolving the problem.