The Vanishing PC Speaker

[Gaijin]

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 12:35:39PM +0800, Kerry Hoath wrote:
> Perhaps there are pins on the board to which you can connect the speaker?

	Most motherboards for any PC will have upright pins for the 
speaker.  They're commonly 4 pins, with the two middle pins being 
unused.  I wouldn't try it without sighted assistance to read the 
writing on the motherboard.  Trying trial and error with some of those 
pins could short out the motherboard and fry something important.  The 
POST (Power-On Self Test) will always issue beeps to assist in 
diagnosing problems, though beep codes vary from one CMOS/BIOS to 
another.  Unless PC manufacturers start standardizing front panel 
connections, connecting up the cabinet's front panel is about the only 
job the blind cannot do to to repair their own systems.

				Michael